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1 Title:   Map illustrating the siege of Atlanta, Ga. by Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman from July 19th, 1864 to August 26, 1864  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   United States. War Dept.  
  Dates:   1865  
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Map illustrating the siege of Atlanta, Ga., by the U.S. forces under command of Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman, from the passage of Peach Tree Creek, July 19th 1864, to the commencement of the movement upon the enemy's lines of communication south of Atlanta, August 26, 1864; Covers area extending from Mt. Gilead Church in west to Decatur in east and from Buckhead in north to East Point in south; Shows troop positions, Union and Confederate works, roads, railroads, vegetation, drainage, and names, dates, and sites of battles connected with Atlanta Campaign; Engraved by the Office of the Chief of Engineers; Shows US emblem in upper left
  
  Identifier:   hmap1864p62  
  Repository:   Hargrett Map Collection  
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2 Title:   F. M. Goodwin letter to Susan Goodwin  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Goodwin, F. M.  
  Dates:   1864 July 13  
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The collection consists of a letter from F. M. Goodwin to his wife Susan, from camp near Campbellton, Georgia (now Douglasville, GA) on July 13, 1864. The letter describes their position and talks of Sherman's possible options regarding Atlanta. The letter continues on July 15th when he states things are quiet for the first time in two months.
  
  Identifier:   ms1008  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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3 Title:   James L. Smart letters to his wife  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Smart, James L.  
  Dates:   1863-1864  
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The collection consists of correspondences from James L. Smart to his wife dated July 1863-September 1864. The majority of the letters are written while stationed in and around Atlanta. Smart discusses troop movements and fighting, family news, and his activities.
  
  Identifier:   ms2020  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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4 Title:   Confederate manuscript collection  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Confederate States of America  
  Dates:   1861-1864  
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The collection consists of three letters: dated Wasala, Georgia, November 29, 1863, "to Mr. Harless," signed "Elijah Carley," mentioning Generals Hardee and Bragg, losing troops and prisoners, and hopes of pursuing Yankees across the Tennessee River; dated Crawfordville, Georgia, January 17, 1864, "Dear Linton," signed "Alexander Stephens," regarding going to Richmond; dated Headquarters, Cavalry Corps, Covington, August 8, 1864, to "Captain," signed "Joseph Wheeler, Major General," regarding Generals Iverson and Allen, foraging for food, and the need for horse shoes. The collection also includes Georgia Confederacy enlistment papers for M.H. Wright of Newman, Georgia, dated March 6, 1861.
  
  Identifier:   ms2121  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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5 Title:   Horace Park letter to J.S. McBeth  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Park, Horace  
  Dates:   1864 August 2  
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The collection consists of one letter regarding the death of General McPherson, men killed and taken prisoner, and wagons captured between Atlanta and Macon.
  
  Identifier:   ms2386  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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6 Title:   William H. Mickle correspondence  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Mickle, William H., 1839-1922  
  Dates:   1864-1865  
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The collection consists of twenty letters, written by Union soldier William H. Mickle to his wife Oleavia and other family members. These letters were written in the summer of 1864 during the Atlanta Campaign, primarily while Mickle was stationed near Marietta. Throughout the summer of 1864 Mickle continued writing through the battles around Atlanta then across the state and into Savannah that December. His writings tell of the progress of the campaign, discussing key figures and locations such as General Joseph Hooker, the Battle of Rocky Face Ridge, and the entrance into Savannah. Health, family, and personal matters are also addressed.
  
  Identifier:   ms3827  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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7 Title:   Albert O. Brown letters  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Brown, Albert O., 1847-1865  
  Dates:   1864  
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The collection consists of letters between Albert O. Brown and his family in Williamson, South Carolina in the midst of the Atlanta Campaign.
  
  Identifier:   ms3895  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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8 Title:   Cassius J. Waite diary  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Waite, Cassius J., 1847-  
  Dates:   1864 March 26-September 27  
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The collection consists of a Civil War diary written by Cassius J. Waite. It is bound in black leather with a gilt stamped folding flap, dated 1864. Waite records the march under General William T. Sherman from Chattanooga to Atlanta during the spring and summer of 1864.
  
  Identifier:   ms3903  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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9 Title:   Key family Civil War letters  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Key family  
  Dates:   1864  
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The collection consists of correspondence from P. C. Key to his family in 1864. Correspondence details orders, cavalries, troop positions, and Key's health. Key writes from Atlanta, Georgia, near the Chattahoochee River, Milton County, Georgia, and Fulton County, Georgia. Excerpt from letter dated Georgia, Cobb County, July 2, 1864: "Yesterday we were entertained by marching backward and forward as a support for Armstrong's cavalry on Johnston's left wing."
  
  Identifier:   ms554  
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10 Title:   General William Tecumseh Sherman to Brigadier General George Henry Thomas  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891  
  Dates:   1864 May 30  
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A three-page letter from General William Tecumseh Sherman to Brig. General George Henry Thomas from the field north of Atlanta, Georgia on May 30, 1864. Sherman describes the proposed positioning of Union troops led by Thomas and McPherson prior to the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain.
  
  Identifier:   ms1279  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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11 Title:   Charles A. James Martin family papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Martin, Charles A. James  
  Dates:   1864  
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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.
  
  Identifier:   ms2738  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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12 Title:   Vincent F. Trago papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Trago, Vincent F.  
  Dates:   1864, 1900-1904  
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The collection consists of a diary kept by Vincent F. Trago during his services with Company I of the 15th Ohio Infantry Regiment in 1864. Trago describes actions during the Atlanta Campaign, trading with Confederate soldiers at Kennesaw during a lull in battle, and casualties and burials at Pickett's Mill, Georgia. Some diary entries may have been written by Hugh L. Long, of the same unit. The collection also contains papers relating to reunions of the 15th Ohio dating 1900-1904.
  
  Identifier:   ms2404  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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13 Title:   Andrew J. Taft family papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Taft family  
  Dates:   1862-1902  
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The collection consists of letters written by Andrew J. Taft to his family in Whitehall, New York while he was a soldier. His regiment was first to enter Atlanta, and Taft describes fortifications around the city, the houses with bullet holes, and foraging expeditions after the battle. Letters discuss details of battles, officers, fellow soldiers, and camp life. Also included in the collection are a carte de visite of Andrew Taft in his uniform, his watch fob, and 2 ribbons from the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR).
  
  Identifier:   ms3162  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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14 Title:   William J. Dickey family papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Dickey, William J., 1828-  
  Dates:   1820-1881  
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The collection consists of letters from the Dickey and Reynolds brothers to Anna or William Dickey, and other family papers. The letters begin in 1861 on the Georgia coast as the soldiers go from Brunswick, Sapelo Island, Darien, and Savannah, and write from such places as Fort Tattnall, Mackay's Point, Fort Jackson, Causten's Bluff, Camp Millen and Camp Palmyra, and mention the firing on Fort Pulaski in April 1862. The letters describe details of the battles, health of the soldiers, camp life, and concern for families and farms at home.
  
  Identifier:   ms3414  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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15 Title:   Georgia State Militia order  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Jones, Edwin Thomas, 1831-1867  
  Dates:   1864 November  
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The collection consists of an order, dated November 1864 [per official records], signed by Lt. Col. Edwin Thomas Jones of the Georgia State Militia addressed to the people of Lee County, Georgia stating that all men of the county are liable to militia duty under the call of Governor Joseph E. Brown and should join a company and be ready to march by next Sunday or Monday or be arrested. This call was to provide troops during the Atlanta Campaign, 1864.
  
  Identifier:   ms649  
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16 Title:   Fleming Jordan letters  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Jordan, Fleming  
  Dates:   1842-1865  
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The collection consists of papers of Fleming Jordan from 1842-1865. The majority of the collection consists of letters from Jordan to his wife while he served in the 44th Georgia Infantry Regiment. Letters are written from Goldsboro, North Carolina, Richmond, Virginia, and Atlanta, Georgia; and discuss Jordan's health and troop activities. The collection also contains a letter to Jordan from his uncle, Joshua Hill, U.S. House of Representatives; from Colonel Robert A. Smith, commander of the 44th Regiment; and a letter to Nancy Jordan from J. J. DuBarry, informing Nancy of the death of her brother, Henry Dillon, in battle.
  
  Identifier:   ms826  
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17 Title:   Cyrena Bailey Stone diary  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Stone, Cyrena Bailey, 1830-1868  
  Dates:   1864  
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The collection consists of a diary belonging to Cyrena Bailey Stone, written from January-July 1864, includes descriptive accounts of life in the South during the Civil War, slaves reaction to the Emancipation Proclamation and the probable fall of the Confederacy, prices for food and clothing, visits to prisons and hospitals, preparations of fortifications, shellings and cannonadings, falsified reports in Southern newspapers, diatribes towards leaders of the Confederacy especially Howell Cobb and Jefferson Davis, the fall of towns such as Tunnel Hill, Dalton, and Resaca (Ga.), and the evacuation of Atlanta.
  
  Identifier:   ms1000  
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18 Title:   Rhind, Stokes, Gardner letters  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Rhind family  
  Dates:   1824-1889  
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The collection consists of correspondence of the Rhind, Stokes, and Gardner families from 1824-1889. The bulk of the collection contains correspondence addressed to Margaret Rhind Stokes of Augusta, then Louisville, Georgia. Letters are from her father, James Rhind, while working in Savannah, Georgia; sisters, Liza Rose and Susan Barrett; brother, William Montgomery Rhind, while serving in Virginia; and husband, William Anthony Stokes, while serving in and near Atlanta, Georgia, and then Savannah. The collection also includes correspondence from Brig. Gen. William M. Gardner to William Montgomery Rhind; and a letter from Alfred M. Hobby in San Antonio, Texas, which discusses life in the southwest.
  
  Identifier:   ms1356  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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19 Title:   Robert Goodwin Mitchell papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Mitchell, Robert Goodwin, 1843-1926  
  Dates:   1833-1885  
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The collection consists of correspondence between Mitchell and Nettie Fondren during his service with the 29th Georgia Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. Mitchell served mainly in Georgia and along the coast. His letters describe the evacuation of Savannah (Ga.), the battle of Chickamauga (Ga.), the siege of Chattanooga (Tenn.), and the Atlanta Campaign. Nettie's letters, many written from the Lucy Cobb Institute (Athens, Ga.), describe life during the Civil War and news of family and friends. The collection also contains correspondence from other family members or friends, photographs, and a scrapbook containing clippings pertaining to the lives of Robert and Nettie after the war.
  
  Identifier:   ms2212  
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20 Title:   Erwin James Eldridge letters  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Eldridge, Erwin James, 1833-1902  
  Dates:   1860-1865  
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The collection consists of letters between Dr. E. J. Eldridge and his wife, Emma, while he served as a surgeon with the 16th Georgia Infantry Regiment and later with Cobb's Legion from 1861-1865. His letters tell of his duties and they often give descriptions of battles, including Fredericksburg in Virginia, and the Atlanta Campaign (1864). Emma's letters discuss family and political issues.
  
  Identifier:   ms2925  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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