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41 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  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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42 Title:   Robert T. Wood papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Wood, Robert T.  
  Dates:   1863-1879  
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The collection consists of correspondences from Robert T. Wood to his family in Washington County, Georgia, in 1864. Wood writes from West Point, Georgia, Camp Wayne near Atlanta, and other camps near Atlanta. Also included is correspondence from a soldier in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and an agreement regarding Robert Wood's estate (1863-1879).
  
  Identifier:   ms637  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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43 Title:   Robert C. Peirce diary  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Peirce, Robert C.  
  Dates:   1862-1863  
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The collection consists of a diary of Robert C. Peirce, Paymaster of the U.S.S.Dawn, from 1862-1863. Pierce writes about weather and activities of the U.S.S.Dawn in and around the Ogeechee River, south of Savannah, Georgia, including the islands of Ossabaw and Wassaw.
  
  Identifier:   ms793  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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44 Title:   Nathan Atkinson Brown family letters  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Brown family  
  Dates:   1859-1936  
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The collection consists of correspondence between Nathan Atkinson Brown and his family, 1859-1913. The letters were written while Brown served with the 26th Georgia Infantry Regiment, Company B at Saint Simons and Cumberland Islands, and regard stress the war was placing on planters in southeast Georgia, slavery, and race relations. Also included is a church program and two newspaper clippings regarding the death of Louisa Nicholes Brown, 1929.
  
  Identifier:   ms808  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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45 Title:   Confederate States of America Georgia military rosters and pay vouchers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Unknown  
  Dates:   1861-1878  
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The collection consists of muster rolls and pay vouchers relating to enrollment in the Confederate States of America military service during the American Civil War. In almost all cases the units are from Georgia, with most relating to Cobb's Legion and the Athens area. Includes muster rolls, pay vouchers, authorizations, and settlements.
  
  Identifier:   ms1246  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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46 Title:   Henry H. Carlton notebook  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Carlton, Henry Hull, 1835-1905  
  Dates:   circa 1860-1880s  
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A notebook of Captain Henry H. Carlton from 1860-circa 1880s. The notebook begins in 1860 as L. C. Cooper's notebook while a student at Franklin College (University of Georgia, Athens) and contains several literary pieces copied by Cooper. In 1861, Captain H. H. Carlton used the book to record the list of soldiers who served in the Troup Artillery during the Civil War. After the war someone, probably Edwin D. Newton, Secretary of the Survivors Association of Confederate Veterans of Northeast Georgia, added place of residence, death dates, and other data to the list. The notebook contains a mixture of various notes and includes material on Carlton's Company.
  
  Identifier:   ms1029  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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47 Title:   Richard B. Harwell collection  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Harwell, Richard Barksdale  
  Dates:   1935-1984  
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note Processed materials include printed and manuscript materials that document Richard Harwell's interest in Southern history and the Confederacy. Included are Harwell's notes and revisions for his condensations of Freeman's "George Washington" and "R. E. Lee". Also included are manuscripts, proofs, and correspondence (1960-64) of, and relating to, "The Confederate Hundred", "John Esten Cooke", "Kate", "Outlines from the Outpost", and "Two Views of Gettysburg" (edited by Harwell). Also includes correspondence from Harwell's tenure as assistant librarian at Emory University and librarian at Bowdoin College.
  
  Identifier:   UA0084  
  Repository:   University of Georgia Archives  
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48 Title:   Williams family papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Williams family  
  Dates:   1787-1905  
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The collection consists of deeds, inventories, indentures, land grants, receipts, and correspondence of the Williams family from 1787-1905. Early materials relate to Dawson Williams, father of Joseph, and include correspondence and bills. Of particular interest is correspondence of Joseph Williams, from camps near Atlanta, then Camp Anderson (Andersonville, Ga.); Dawson Williams, from camps near Atlanta, Georgia, and Brown Hospital, Milledgeville, Georgia; and Robert G. Williams, from camps near Chattanooga, Russellville, and Greeneville, Tennessee, and on the Shenandoah River, "Clark" County. Correspondence contains little information about battles or troop movements, and mainly discusses life for those at home, crops, and requests for food and clothing.
  
  Identifier:   ms12  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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49 Title:   Children of the Confederacy, Ellen A. Crawford Chapter (Athens, Ga.) scrapbooks  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Children of the Confederacy. Ellen A. Crawford Chapter (Athens, Ga.)  
  Dates:   1934-1943  
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The collection consists of scrapbooks of the Ellen A. Crawford Chapter (Athens, Ga.) of the Children of the Confederacy from 1934-1943. The scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, brochures, programs, and memorabilia relating to the activities of the organization and the Civil War.
  
  Identifier:   ms1562  
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50 Title:   George Augustus Gordon family papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Gordon family  
  Dates:   1676-1895  
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The collection consists of papers of George Augustus Gordon and the Gordon family from 1676-1895. Materials from the early years relate to Gordon's ancestors in Maine and New Hampshire and mainly contain receipts, tax records, and genealogical records. Materials concerning the United States Civil War consist of passes, orders, commissions, and a few letters relating to Gordon's duties as Assistant Quartermaster General of Georgia.
  
  Identifier:   ms1667  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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51 Title:   William C. Goggans Civil War letters  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Goggans, William C.  
  Dates:   1861-1865, 2003  
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The collection consists of letters, written mainly by William C. Goggans and family, during the American Civil War, 1861-1865. Correspondences discuss army camp life, conditions and war news, and the wartime economy and psychology. Goggans wrote from camps in Richmond, Fredericksburg, James River, Cumberland Gap, Camp Jackson (Martinsburg), and Smithfield in Virginia; Milledgeville and Augusta, Georgia; and Meridian, Mississippi. Also contained in the collection is a letter from J. B. Walton to the General Commander, U.S. Forces at Savannah, Georgia, and Confederate civilian letters. Transcriptions of the letters are also included (2003).
  
  Identifier:   ms2156  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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52 Title:   U.S.S. Western World (Ship) log  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Gregory, Samuel B.  
  Dates:   1862-1881  
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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.
  
  Identifier:   ms2425  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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53 Title:   Francis Bickett letters to Isabella Bickett  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Bickett, Francis  
  Dates:   1861-1865  
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The collection consists of correspondence written by Francis Bickett to his wife Isabella, March 1861-New Year 1865. Correspondences are dated St. Martin and Camp Dennison, Ohio; Virginia, Vicksburg and Camp Sherman, Mississippi; Larkinsville, Alabama; Cleveland, Tennessee; and East Point, Vining's Station, and Savannah, Georgia. Bickett describes marches, battles, rumors, positions, campaigns, and "a blockade runner that came into port." Excerpt from a letter dated February 8, 1864: "I will not build battles in the air."
  
  Identifier:   ms3129  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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54 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  
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55 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  
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56 Title:   John S. Blasingame family papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Blasingame, John S., 1836-  
  Dates:   1862-1909  
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This collection contains approximately 40 wartime letters written by the Blasingame family, including Confederate soldiers with the 54th Georgia Infantry. Civil War letters originate from the front lines in Richmond, Virginia, and Savannah, Atlanta, Fort Macon, and Marrieta, Georgia. This grouping includes a partly-printed parole for John S. Blasingame out of Macon, 1865, in which Blasingame is sworn under oath not to bear arms against the United States of America, give any information, or do any military duty whatsoever until regularly exchanged as a prisoner of war. Other materials in the collection include family correspondence from 1893-1894 and 1909 and 2 small photographs.
  
  Identifier:   ms3441  
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57 Title:   Charles H. Olmstead letter  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Olmstead, Charles H.  
  Dates:   1862 April 12  
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Colonel Olmstead writes to Captain E. P. Lawton to inform him that Major General David Hamlin of the Federal Army sent a communication demanding the immediate surrender of Fort Pulaski to the forces of the United States at Tybee Island. Olmstead informs Hamlin that he sent word he would not surrender, and shortly thereafer the Fort came under attack, which continued throughout the night. Cut off from relief, Olmstead eventually yields the fort.
  
  Identifier:   ms3888  
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58 Title:   James B. Sterling letter to Edgar C. Sterling  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Sterling, James B., 1842-1864  
  Dates:   1862 June 15  
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The collection consists of one letter with a transcript from James Sterling to Edgar Sterling describing North Edisto Island, the price and variety of food and goods, and includes a piece of the secession flag from Fort Pulaski.
  
  Identifier:   ms3929  
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59 Title:   John G. Abbott letters  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Abbott, John G., 1838-1863  
  Dates:   1862  
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The collection contains letters written by John G. Abbott to his brother Joseph E. P. Abbott during his service in the 48th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment in and around Fort Pulaski, Georgia in 1862.
  
  Identifier:   ms3957  
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60 Title:   J.J. Little journal  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Little, John Jacob, 1815-1886  
  Dates:   1860-1882  
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Journal was kept by Reverend J.J. Little in Harris Georgia. Most entries pertain to his crops, the weather, and church congregation. He also documents Abraham Lincoln's election in 1860, as well as the secession of southern states from the union, the breakout and events of the Civil War, and his son's army career.
  
  Identifier:   ms4076  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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