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A. B. Cree letters to his wife
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Cree, A. B. |
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1865 |
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The collection consists of two letters from Captain A. B. Cree in Savannah, Georgia to his wife Mattie in Iowa City, Iowa
on February 24 and May 16, 1865. The letters, written while Cree was stationed in Savannah with the 22nd Iowa Infantry Regiment,
discuss family news, describe his impressions of the city, and his opinions of Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee.
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ms2556 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Stephen Alfestus and Margaret Palmer Corker family papers
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Corker, Stephen Alfestus, 1830-1879 |
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1859-1916 |
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The collection consists of correspondence of Stephen Corker and Margaret Mytris Palmer Corker, from 1859-1916. Correspondence
is mainly from Stephen Corker to his wife, from camps near Georgia Roanoke Island, Fredericksburg, and Winchester; and U.S.
Military Prison, Johnson's Island, Ohio. Corker writes about his health, deaths and health of members in his regiment, 400
prisoners sent to Point Lookout, Maryland, rumors of a prisoner exchange, and family concerns. Other correspondence are from
Corker while in Washington, DC; and from Margaret to Frank Corker, and other friends and family members. Included is a letter
dated Headquarters, August 18, 1863, to Mrs. M. M. Corker, signed "Robert E. Lee," regarding the fate of her husband. The
collection also consists of genealogy of Stephen Corker dating back to 1775.
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ms3099 |
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Hargrett Library |
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Charles Colcock Jones, Jr. remarks on Robert E. Lee
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Jones, Charles C. (Charles Colcock), 1831-1893 |
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1876 |
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The collection consists of one bound manuscript compiled by Charles Colcock Jones, Jr. entitled "Letter of General Robert
E. Lee tendering to the President of the Confederate States his resignation of the command of the Army of Northern Virginia:
with explanatory remarks by Charles C. Jones, Jr." Thus, the main body of the manuscript is Jones' transcription of Lee's
famous letter. More importantly, however, the volume has tipped in six prints of Lee, six of Jefferson Davis, two of General
George Meade, and one each of Generals P.G.T. Beauregard, Braxton Bragg, A.P. Hill, T.J. Jackson, Joseph E. Johnston, John
H. Morgan, and J.E.B. Stuart. Views included are two of the Battle of Gettysburg, the Capitol at Richmond, and two unusual
views of Richmond, as well as a folding map. In addition three letters are tipped in: 1. opposite page 4. This letter from
General G. E. Pickett to General Braxton Bragg, dated 26 April 1864, one page, discusses military matters preparatory to the
Battle of the Crater and as such is historically important. 2. opposite page 6. Note signed by Robert E. Lee and addressed
to President Davis informing him the the "Florida Brigade cannot be spared from the army." 3. opposite page 11. Note signed
by Davis and dated 25 August 1863 referring to the above. Apparently both 2 and 3 are endorsements from the same original
piece and separated by Jones for inclusion in this volume. The volume also has clippings of Jones' "A Piece of Secret History"
(Scribner's Magazine, February 1876) and a review of this article (The Cycle, 29 January 1876).
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ms1317 |
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Hargrett Library |
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De Renne collection of portraits and engravings
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De Renne family |
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Dates: |
1723-1909 |
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This collection consists of forty engravings, lithographs, photographs and other prints of images depicting individuals and
locations central to Georgia history.
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ms3704 |
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Hargrett Library |
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John Brown Gordon family papers
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Haralson, Hugh Anderson, 1805-1854 |
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circa 1841-1979 |
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The collection consists of papers of John Brown Gordon and the Gordon family from ca. 1841-1979. Papers relating to John
Brown Gordon include correspondence, writings, photographs, and scrapbooks. The correspondence (1861-1930) consists of letters
written to his wife, Fanny Haralson Gordon, mainly while Gordon was serving in the Confederate Army in the states of Virginia,
Pennsylvania, and Maryland; letters (1864-1870) from Robert E. Lee; and correspondence to and from his family while he was
serving as a United States Senator in Washington. Other Gordon family members represented in the papers include Hugh Haralson
Gordon, Caroline Lewis Gordon, and Lewis Gordon. The collection contains an interesting set of letters (1941-1948) to and
from Rev. John Dawson Gordon, whose parents were enslaved by, and later, servants of the Gordon family from 1854 until they
moved to California in the 1890s.
The collection also contains papers relating to the Haralson family, consisting mainly of correspondence (1841-1851) between
Hugh A. Haralson, while serving in the U.S. Congress, and his wife, Caroline Lewis Haralson, and their daughters Elizabeth,
Fanny, and Caroline. Mrs. Haralson's letters to her husband provide an indepth look at her management of their plantation
in LaGrange, Troup County, Georgia, while her husband was away from home. The collection also contains genealogical materials
relating to the Gordon, Haralson, Hodgson, Howard, and Lewis families.
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ms1637 |
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Hargrett Library |
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