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Confederate States of America military prison (Madison, Ga.) records
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Confederate States of America |
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Dates: |
1862 |
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The collection consists of three lists of prisoners who arrived at, departed from and died at Confederate States of America
Military prison at Madison, Georgia in 1862. Lists include the prisoners' name, rank, and regiment (if any), and name of officer
in charge.
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ms455 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Jefferson Davis letter to Mary Lamar Cobb
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Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 |
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Dates: |
1888 October 2 |
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The collection consists of one letter: dated Beauvoir, Mississippi, October 2, 1888, "My dear Mrs. Cobb," signed "Jefferson
Davis," regarding allegations that prisoners were starved during confinement at Andersonville Prison, and supplies sent to
the prison from General Howell Cobb's plantation.
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ms464 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Mary Drummond family papers
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Unknown |
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Dates: |
1860-1876 |
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This collection contains Drummond family portrait tintype and carte de viste photographs, some correspondence, a watercolor
portrait, an autograph album, and a transcription of a journal written by E.W. Drummond, kept during the time that he was
a Confederate prisoner of war.
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ms4513 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Cyrena Bailey Stone diary
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Stone, Cyrena Bailey, 1830-1868 |
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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.
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ms1000 |
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Hargrett Library |
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