Charles A. James Martin family papers, 1864

Summary

Creator:

Martin, Charles A. James and Martin, James K. Polk

Date:

1864

Extent:

3 folder(s)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Charles A. James Martin family papers, ms2738, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of correspondence from Civil War soldiers Charles A.J. Martin, James K. Polk Martin, and probable cousin H.L.G. Whitaker, while serving in the 29th Georgia Infantry Regiment in 1864. Letters are mostly written during the Atlanta Campaign, except for one, from James Polk while he was in a hospital in Alabama. The letters contain some comments on fighting, but the soldiers mainly discuss their fears of dying and concern for friends and family in the war and at home. Typed transcriptions are available for most of the letters.

Biographical / historical:

Charles A. James Martin was a Confederate soldier with Company H of the 29th Georgia Infantry Regiment during the Civil War.

Related

Other descriptive data:

This collection has been digitized and is available online as part of America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Atlanta Campaign, 1864.
Correspondence

Names:

Confederate States of America. Army. Georgia Infantry Regiment, 29th -- Correspondence

Places:

Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.

Preferred citation:

Charles A. James Martin family papers, ms2738, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.