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The Van Giesen Family Collection contains the manuscript materials of the Uriah Van Giesen family of Savannah. The collection
includes correspondence, legal documents, clippings, etc. of the extended family, but the bulk of the collection relates to
Van Giesen's service to the Confederacy in Company B, 2nd Georgia Battalion. His diary, correspondence and military papers
detail his service until 1864 when he was discharged because of chronic hepatitis. Also included are some materials of Van
Giesen's son Frank S. Van Giesen, a broker and magistrate also of Savannah. Some materials in the collection relate to the
Ancker family (the family of F.S. Van Giesen's wife, Carrie).
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