George A. Cunningham family papers, 1849-1874, bulk 1862-1865

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Summary

Creator:
Cunningham family
Date:
1849-1874, bulk 1862-1865
Extent:
0.25 Linear Feet 1 half box
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Cunningham family papers, ms2679, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence between George A. Cunningham and his wife Mary (Mollie), documenting Cunningham's service with Company K of the 3rd Regiment Georgia State Reserves in South Carolina and Georgia including information on the battles at Broxton's Bridge and River's Bridge (S.C.), casualties, troop movements, and the evacuation of Savannah (Ga.). They also discuss his participation in the fighting in Macon, Camp Lawton, Milledgeville and Augusta and in South Carolina from Coosahatchee, Broxton's Bridge, all in the period of 1862 to 1865. There is discussion of health problems, money, the fighting, the supplies he sends to his family and what crops she should plant. Mollie's letters discuss activities of the Confederate Government, Union attacks on civilians, and Sherman's march through Georgia. The collection also contains a few letters from Mollie's brother J.M. Bullard discussing farming, family news, and disease. Eleven letters from 1874 are to George Ernest Cunningham while he was a student at the University of Georgia. Other items in the collection are photographs of Mary A. E. Johnson Cunningham and George Cunningham, reproduced from the included tin-type; a state of Georgia 25 cent note; a 33-page soft-bound book Address Delivered at the Unveiling of Confederate Monument, Thomaston, GA, May 1909 with Upson County rosters of soldiers. One item, a CSA circular was removed and catalogued as Confederate Imprint PW 2576.

Biographical / historical:

George A Cunningham served with Company K of the 3rd Regiment Georgia State Reserves in South Carolina and Georgia during the Civil War.

Processing information:

All materials were cleaned, flattened, the Civil War letters restored and photos put into protective enclosures.

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Preferred citation:

Cunningham family papers, ms2679, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.