Completed the following sentence: Comer was injured during the
I Battle of Atlanta and was rescued from the battlefield by his body servant, Burrell. Body servants were slaves who were often brought into battle by those who claimed their ownership. Burrell, who was only 16 at the time, took Comer to a bateau and rowed him down the Chattahoochee River to Columbus, Georgia, a distance of nearly 260 miles. Comers mother met them there and took Comer and Burrell to Spring Hill where Comer recovered. Comer maintained throughout the war that Burrell was a "Negro", not a Confederate soldier. ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️