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61 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  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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62 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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63 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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64 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  
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65 Title:   Fannie Hansell letter to Louisa Young Jones  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Hansell, Fannie, 1828-1895  
  Dates:   1864 March 13  
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Consists of one letter from Fannie Hansell to Louisa Young Jones on March 13, 1864 from Oglethorpe, Macon County, Georgia. Jones was the sister of General Pierce Manning Butler Young. The letter discusses Camp Sumter, or Andersonville Prison Camp. She describes the miserable conditions and notes that many prisoners are "constantly" trying to escape.
 
  Identifier:   ms4192  
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66 Title:   Knight family papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Knight family  
  Dates:   1862-1892  
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The collection consists of papers of the Knight family of Lowndes County, Georgia. The bulk of the collection contains correspondences from Jesse C. Knight to Mary A. Knight, from Richmond and Winchester, Virginia, and Chatham County, Georgia (1862-1863). Also included are correspondences from Mathew A. Knight, Thomas J. Knight, E. P. Davis and Solomon Walker. Correspondents write from locations near Orange Courthouse, Fredericks Hall and Guiney Station, Virginia, and Savannah, Georgia; about family matters, weather, rumors, and positions. The collection also includes military papers and passes of Jesse C. Knight, and handwritten papers regarding the Estate of L. J. Knight.
 
  Identifier:   ms528  
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67 Title:   Anna Maria Green Cook family papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Cook, Anna Maria Green, 1844-1936  
  Dates:   1845-1934  
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The collection consists of the papers of Anna Maria Green Cook and the Green and Cook families from 1845-1934. The papers include bills and receipts of Samuel Austin Cook, a diary of Anna Maria, but mostly correspondence. The diary (1861-1867) entries discuss social life in Georgia during and after the Civil War, politics, the progress of the war, and Union troops in and around Milledgeville (Ga.). The correspondence consists of letters between Anna Maria and Samuel Austin Cook both before and after their marriage; letters to Anna Maria from her father Thomas F. Green, her children Callie Cook and Ansel Cook, and from her nephew Gerald Cook. The correspondence discusses news of family or friends and social activities.
 
  Identifier:   ms57  
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68 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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69 Title:   Oliver Hillhouse Prince family papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Prince family  
  Dates:   1785-1919  
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The collection consists of papers pertaining to the family and decedents of the Oliver Hillhouse Prince from 1785-1919. A considerable number of documents focus on Oliver Hillhouse Prince, Jr., including his interest in the genealogy of the Prince family and documents relating to his service in Cobb's Legion during the Civil War. Correspondence is written by or addressed to Abraham Baldwin, Mrs. Martha Price, Martha J. Jackson, Dr. H. Jackson, and John B. Lamar. Of particular interest is a parody of a court case at the Honorable Mouse-Owlry court, in Bibb County, where Billy Beeswax of Honey Comb Hall is petitioning that Peter Pushroot pays him the 400 bushels of potatoes he is owed. The collection also includes wills of Oliver H. Prince, Henry Jackson, Joseph Webber; and a scrapbook containing mostly printed pictures and newspaper clippings relating to Georgia political matters and deaths of Prince family members and notable Athenians.
 
  Identifier:   ms141  
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70 Title:   United Daughters of the Confederacy, Laura Rutherford Chapter 88 (Athens, Ga.) records  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   United Daughters of the Confederacy. Laura Rutherford Chapter No. 88 (Athens, Ga.)  
  Dates:   1895-2001  
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The collection consists of records of the Laura Rutherford Chapter (Athens, Ga.) of the United Daughters of the Confederacy from 1895-1948. Includes scrapbooks (1928-1958, with gaps), writings and speeches of Mildred Lewis Rutherford, Cross of Honor applications and recipients, a dues ledger (1921-1926), and a few minutes (1913-1929, 1934-1936). The scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, brochures, programs, and memorabilia relating to the activities of the organization and the Civil War.
 
  Identifier:   ms1561  
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71 Title:   Fontaine family papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Fontaine family  
  Dates:   1822-1947  
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The collection consists of correspondence, writings, business papers, and printed material. Most of the business correspondence concerns Stewart & Fontaine Co., merchants in Columbus, Georgia. The family and personal correspondence is from both the Shorter and Fontaine families. There is also some Civil war correspondence from Charles S. Shorter, George H. Shorter, and others who were probably their friends. The business paper include deeds, land grants and various accounts.
 
  Identifier:   ms3011  
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72 Title:   Robert E. Lee papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870  
  Dates:   1778-1872  
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The collection consists of papers relating to Robert E. Lee and the Lee family from 1838-1872. The bulk of the collection (1861-1864) contains correspondence from Lee regarding military activities of the Confederate Army during the Civil War. The letters discuss troop movements; supplies for troops; battle strategies for Elk Mountain, the Huntersville campaign, Cheat Mountain (W. Va.), and Dalton (Ga.); an exchange of prisoners (1862); casualty estimates at the battle of Fredericksburg; and reinforcement needs. Correspondees include Joseph E. Brown, Howell Cobb, and Henry Rootes Jackson. The collection also includes handwritten copies of 18th century land grants and indentures of John Parke Custis and a letter of Mary Custis Lee dated January 1872, Arlington (Va.) pertaining to proof of purchase of Arlington and the validity of her title to the property.
 
  Identifier:   ms302a  
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73 Title:   Beth and Gib Johnston collection  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Johnston, Beth  
  Dates:   1809-1987  
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The collection consists of materials collected by Beth Gib Johnston, including World War II materials, correspondence, a program from Woodrow Wilson's inauguration, tintypes, and a crutch used by a Civil War soldier.
 
  Identifier:   ms3874  
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74 Title:   Agreement between Angus McQueen and Ellen  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Ellen  
  Dates:   1864-1865  
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The collection consists of a bill of sale from Savannah, Georgia for the purchase of an enslaved woman, Ellen, and her child, Caroline, and an agreement made between Ellen and Angus McQueen. The bill of sale shows that Jackson Hodges paid $3,700 dollars to Samuel Hauser. The bill of sale also notes that Ellen has a burn. A year later after the end of the Civil War, an indenture agreement was made between Angus McQueen of Montgomery County, Georgia and the "now freed woman," Ellen. In the agreement, Ellen agrees to continue working on McQueen's plantation. McQueen "promises and agrees to feed, clothe, and give medical attention to" Ellen and her child. These terms are considered to be Ellen's "just compensation for the labor performed." McQueen agrees to these terms as long as Ellen "will obey all orders" and "will be respectful, submissive, and obedient."
 
  Identifier:   ms4146  
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75 Title:   Zachary Taylor Adair diary  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Adair, Zachary Taylor  
  Dates:   1860-1869  
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The collection consists of two diaries belonging to Zachary Taylor Adair, a Confederate soldier from Greenville, Meriwether County, Georgia. Includes Adair's notes, thoughts, lists, and brief poetry.
 
  Identifier:   ms4202  
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76 Title:   Wright family papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Richardson, Gilbert M.  
  Dates:   1861-1865  
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The collection consists of a diary and correspondence of the Wright family of Georgia for 1861 and 1865. Included is a diary of Gilbert M. Richardson, a farmer near Lumpkin, Stewart County, Georgia from March to the following February. The entries discuss work on the farm - planting, plowing and picking cotton, wheat, corn, and vegetables; hauling and splitting logs; and building outbuildings. Also mentions visits to friends and relatives, trips to town to buy supplies (lists what was purchased and price), and attending church meetings. The correspondence consists of a letter from George W. Wright dated Manassas Junction, August 18, 1861 to his brother William D. Wright. The letter discusses camp life, weather, health, rumors of battles and peace, hopes for a furlough, complaints of the post office, and lists clothes he needs. The second letter is from James W. Wright, dated near Augusta, Georgia, March 11, 1865, to his brother William W. Wright and mentions troop movements and rumors of a battle victory.
 
  Identifier:   ms592  
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77 Title:   Kenneth Coleman papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Coleman, Kenneth  
  Dates:   circa 1950s-1960s  
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The collection consists of the typescript; first, second and final draft, footnotes and appendix, and bibliography of "The American Revolution in Georgia" published by the University of Georgia Press in 1958. Also included is the original manuscript of Dr. Coleman's book "Confederate Athens" including his resource notes, correspondence, reproduction of papers in other repositories, printed material, revisions, rough drafts, bibliography, preface and typescript of the complete book. It was published by the University of Georgia Press in 1968. In addition, over 8000 manuscript sheets and cards of notes assembled for the writing of "Georgia Journeys" with Sarah Gober Temple, published in 1961.
 
  Identifier:   ms78  
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78 Title:   Cornelius C. Platter Civil War diary  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Platter, Cornelius C.  
  Dates:   1864-1865  
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The collection consists of a Civil War diary of Lt. (later Capt.) Cornelius C. Platter from November 1864-April 1865. Platter's diary details Sherman's march through Georgia from Rome to Savannah and the march north through the Carolinas. He gives dates, times, and lengths of marches; describes the weather, locale, scenery, and food as well as orders, rumors, positions, troop moral, and administrative duties. The diary includes a description of the burning of Columbia, South Carolina, the news of the Confederate surrender, and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
 
  Identifier:   ms967  
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79 Title:   Rhind / Stokes family papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Rhind family  
  Dates:   1788-1919  
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The collection consists of papers of the Rhind / Stokes from 1788-1919. The papers include personal and business correspondence and financial records of James Rhind (1848-1854), Colden Rhind (1884-1911), James Rhind Stokes and Sarah Gardner Stokes (1884-1949), and J.R. Stokes (1906-1917). Bound volumes contain business accounts (1788-1811) from several merchants in Augusta (Ga.); a cotton invoice book (1843-1848) and letter books (1843-1852) for James Rhind ? and several ledgers relating to Colden Rhind's brokerage businesses (ca. 1886-1909). Of particular interest are records of H.T. Massingale, a Quartermaster for the Confederate Army from 1861-1864. These records include requisitions and pay vouchers from Tennessee (1861-1862) and Atlanta (1862-1864) and Augusta (1864) Georgia. Also includes burial lists of Confederate soldiers and Federal prisoners from various hospitals mainly in the Atlanta area dated December 31, 1863.
 
  Identifier:   ms1305  
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80 Title:   Robert Toombs letters to Julia Ann DuBose Toombs  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Toombs, Robert Augustus, 1810-1885  
  Dates:   1850-1867  
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The collection consists of correspondence from Robert Toombs to his wife, Julia Ann DuBose Toombs in Washington, Wilkes County, Georgia from 1850-1867. During 1850-1859 his letters come from Washington, D.C. while he served in the U.S. Senate. During the Civil War, he wrote from Virginia (1862) and Atlanta, Georgia (1864). Following the war, letters are written from Paris (1866-67) while he was in exile. The correspondence generally discusses current events; his land holdings in South Georgia, Alabama, and Texas; people; other soldiers; and his wish to be with his wife and family.
 
  Identifier:   ms1785  
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