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Rattlesnake Confederate Steamship stock certificate
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Creator: |
Confederate States of America |
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Dates: |
1862 |
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A photocopy of single $1,000 share certificate for the Confederate Steamship Rattlesnake, dated November 17, 1862, made out
to F. A. Brake and signed by T. Harrison Baker.
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Identifier: |
ms725 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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Joel S. Kennard Civil War letters
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Creator: |
Unknown |
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Dates: |
1861-1863 |
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This collection contains Confederate military orders and correspondence to and from Lt. Joel S. Kennard, who commanded C.S.S.
Sampson and C.S.S. Isondiga in the waters around Savannah, Georgia during the Civil War.
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Identifier: |
ms4560 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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John McIntosh Kell letters
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Kell, John McIntosh, 1823-1900 |
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Dates: |
1861 March |
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The collection consists of two letters: dated Georgia Naval Steamer Savannah, Savannah, March 22, 1861, to "My dear Sir,"
signed "John McIntosh Kell," regarding the actions of Commodore Josiah Tattnall and the removal of guns from Fort Clinch,
Florida to Fort Pulaski, Georgia; dated Georgia Naval Steamer Savannah, Savannah, March 25, 1861, to "My beloved wife," signed
"John McIntosh Kell," regarding Georgia social news.
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Identifier: |
ms1381 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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Title: |
John McIntosh Kell family scrapbook
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Creator: |
Kell family |
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Dates: |
1860-1986 |
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The collection consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, engravings, etchings, and photographs. Subjects include Confederate
veterans, the Confederate Navy ships the Alabama and Sumter, as well as reunions. Also included are Sidney Lanier, the Association
of the Army of Tennessee, Louisiana Division, churches in Georgia, and Kell family genealogy.
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Identifier: |
ms2361 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Josiah Tattnall letter to Henry C. Wayne
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Creator: |
Tattnall, Josiah, 1795-1871 |
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Dates: |
1861 February 10 |
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Contents: |
A letter from Josiah Tattnall to General Henry C. Wayne that conveys Tattnall's intent to travel to Washington, D.C. to resign
his post as Commodore of the U.S. Navy, in response to Georgia's vote to secede from the Union, and to immediately return
to Georgia to join the state navy. After many battles as a flag officer of the Confederate Navy, Tattnall was later captured
by Sherman in Savannah in late 1864.
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Identifier: |
ms3602 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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U.S.S. Western World (Ship) log
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Creator: |
Gregory, Samuel B. |
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Dates: |
1862-1881 |
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Contents: |
The collection consists of the logbook of the Union screw steamer Western World from 1862. Daily entries by Samuel B. Gregory
regard the weather, crew activities, food, and ship operations. Gregory writes about blockading activities off Charleston,
S.C., and Savannah, Frederica, St. Simons, and Doboy Sound, Georgia; numerous encounters with Confederate ships and blockade-runners
in the North Santee River (S.C.); and raids on several plantations. Three handwritten letters and a bill of sale are laid
in the log.
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Identifier: |
ms2425 |
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Repository: |
Hargrett Library |
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