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1 Title:   Anna L. Drake letters (photocopies)  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Drake, Anna L., 1842-1886  
  Dates:   1859-1865  
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The collection consists of photocopies of Civil War letters written to Anna L. Drake from 1859-1865. Letters are written from soldiers in South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, and New York. Also included are photocopies of poems and Confederate currency.
  
  Identifier:   ms3046  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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2 Title:   H. H. Davis letters  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Davis, H. H.  
  Dates:   1864  
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The collection contains two letters from H. H. Davis, a member of the 20th Georgia Infantry Regiment, dated 1864. One letter is dated June 23 from Petersburg, Virginia to his brother, the other dated July 24 to his family regarding his intended instructions.
  
  Identifier:   ms3959  
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3 Title:   Private R.F. Crutchfield letter  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Crutchfield, R.F.  
  Dates:   1864  
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This collection contains one letter from R.F. Crutchfield to his brother and sister written from Proctor's Pointe, South Carolina in April of 1864. The letter describes the dire situation for provisions in camp, as well as possible desertions.
  
  Identifier:   ms4137  
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4 Title:   Private Willis Virgil Wells letter  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Wells, Willis Virgil  
  Dates:   1863  
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This collection contains one letter from Willis Wells and his parents of Stone Mountain, Georgia to his brother George regarding his extension of leave due to illness.
  
  Identifier:   ms4139  
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5 Title:   Private J.N. Nash letter  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Nash, J. N.  
  Dates:   1863  
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This collection contains one letter to his Army unit reporting on his furlough status due to his injuries. He addresses his friends and commander regarding his being reported absent without leave erroneously.
  
  Identifier:   ms4140  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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6 Title:   Jewel family letters  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Jewell family  
  Dates:   1862-1865  
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This collection contains Civil War era correspondence between siblings James, William and Sallie and their spouses, cousins and parents. Some transcriptions are provided for James Jewel's letters.
  
  Identifier:   ms4508  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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7 Title:   Joel S. Kennard Civil War letters  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Unknown  
  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.
  
  Identifier:   ms4560  
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8 Title:   William Batts letters  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Batts, William, -1862  
  Dates:   1861-1862  
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The collection consists of correspondence from William Batts to his family from 1861-1862. Batts writes from Richmond, Green Brier, Camp Allegany, and Waynesboro, Virginia. Correspondence regards troop locations, rumors, battles, orders, and wounded soldiers.
  
  Identifier:   ms3344  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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9 Title:   Albert O. Brown letters  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Brown, Albert O., 1847-1865  
  Dates:   1864  
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The collection consists of letters between Albert O. Brown and his family in Williamson, South Carolina in the midst of the Atlanta Campaign.
  
  Identifier:   ms3895  
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10 Title:   Private Willis W. Pitts letters  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Pitts, Willis W.  
  Dates:   1860-1863  
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This collection contains correspondence between Private Willis W. Pitts and his wife Elizabeth "Betty" Pitts during his service in the Confederate Army from 1862 until his death in the Battle of Missionary Ridge in 1863. Pitts served in Company I, of the Georgia 37th Infantry. Also included is a letter from Mary A.A.C. Wates to Betty Pitts from 1860.
  
  Identifier:   ms4138  
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11 Title:   George W. Griffin letter to Samuel Lucy  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Griffin, George W.  
  Dates:   1864 August 26  
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This collection contains an 1864 letter from George W. Griffin, of the Georgia 53rd Infantry Regiment, to Samuel Lucy inquiring into the whereabouts of his personal servant that became seperated when Mr. Griffin was wounded in battle and sent to a hospital, and then home.
  
  Identifier:   ms4260  
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12 Title:   Camden Evans letters  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Evans, Camden, 1838?-1864  
  Dates:   1862-1864  
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The collection consists of letters Camden Evans wrote to his wife and her father in Columbus (Ga.) from 1862-1864. He wrote from numerous camps in towns including Tupelo (Miss.), Murfreesboro (Tenn.), and Ringgold and Dalton (Ga.). In his letters he complained about how badly privates were treated and the lack of food and clothing. He asked Mr. Laney to bring him a boy to wash his clothes and forage for food, and he constantly tried to arrange for a furlough or a substitute. He gave his opinions of Generals Grant, Johnson, Bragg and Hardee. By May 22, 1864 he was near Atlanta and described having no clean clothes for three weeks, and being on picket duty for 24 hours without relief. By July 12, 1864 he had learned of his son Bobbie's death. His last letter is dated July 17, 1864. There is one letter from Emma to her husband and several letters from her after the war to her mother. In these she mentioned her second husband Steve Smith, her daughter Daisy, and a move to Birmingham (Ala.)
  
  Identifier:   ms3756  
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13 Title:   Samuel Mosely letters  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Mosely, Samuel  
  Dates:   1853-1861  
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The collection consists of eleven letters written by Mosely betweeb 1853 and 1861, addressed to various family members, primarily his mother and wife, Olympia C. Mosely. The collection also contains a small, cloth pouch embroidered "S. M." that may have been made by Mosely's wife. Mosely's war letters to his wife date from 1861, sent from Tennessee, reporting on his health, his travels and duties with the infantry, camp life, and discussing other relatives and mutual acquaintances. Mosely's letters to his mother and siblings date from the 1850s and discuss family members, health, crops, and his life in Arkansas after moving from Georgia.
  
  Identifier:   ms3782  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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14 Title:   William Gaston Deloney papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Deloney, Rosa Huguenin  
  Dates:   1830s-2017  
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This collection contains correspondence, genealogical research, photographs, and assorted papers from the Deloney and Huguenin families.
  
  Identifier:   ms4082  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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15 Title:   Conrad Chester Pearman letters  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Pearman, Conrad Chester, 1830-1863  
  Dates:   1859-1863  
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The collection consists of 24 letters written by Conrad Chester Pearman to his wife Emily, written from 1861-1863. Most of them were written from various camps in Virginia and the subject matter deals with family, health, and camp life. Accompanying the letters is a typewritten guide edited by Mary Frances Thomas Bryan, Conrad's great granddaughter. This guide, compiled in 1961, gives transcriptions, an inventory of the letters with dates and locations, a genealogy, an alternate spelling guide, information on Pearman's company, an index, and a bibliography. The collection also contains a copy of a Hart County jury duty summons for Mr. Pearman from 1859.
  
  Identifier:   ms3805  
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16 Title:   Atkins family papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Atkins, Thomas Washington, 1835-1863  
  Dates:   1856-1864, 2006  
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The collection consists of a manuscript, letters and diaries. The manuscript was edited by Joseph Henry Hightower Moore and is titled "Oak Lawn: War-Time Letters of the Atkins Family and the Plantation Diary of James Lewis Adams." Part One of the manuscript contains transcriptions of all the letters and detailed information about the letter writers and their relationship to Thomas Washington Atkins. There are also chapters on Atkins family history, Oak Lawn plantation, and antebellum Henry County society, culture, and politics. Part Two contains transcriptions of the diaries of James Lewis Adams and includes chapters on his family, his neighbors, and Oak Lawn plantation. Only the months of January, April, June and September are transcribed. The letters, dated 1856 to 1863, are to Thomas Washington Atkins from his family, friends, and fellow soldiers. Early family letters mention health, social events,and political views, especially regarding secession. War-time letters mostly concern the health and situations of family and friends. Later war-time letters often show weariness at the loss of life and continuation of the war. The following soldiers exchanged letters with Atkins: William Parks Phillips, Samuel P. Shaw, John L. Giles, Fleming Parks, C. B. Bledsoe, Samuel D. Nutt, William C. Nutt, Lewis O. Niles, and brother-in-law Nehemiah G. Andrews. Taking place after the death of Atkins and Andrews, the correspondence from 1864 is that of Eliza Jane Atkins writing her husband, Robert M. Walker, a soldier guard duty at Andersonville Prison, as General Sherman invaded Georgia. The two original diaries of James Lewis Adams are dated January -November 1886 and include details of his health, work on Oak Lawn plantation and an earthquake on August 31, 1886.
  
  Identifier:   ms3710  
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17 Title:   Clayton family papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Clayton, Augustin S. (Augustin Smith), 1783-1839  
  Dates:   1812-1922  
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The Clayton family papers consist of genealogical research, correspondence, and legal materials. Included are deeds and accounting papers, Civil War soldiers' letters, funerary mementos, a letter describing an 1829 trip to Tallulah Falls, and letters from Peru describing Consulate duties during the 1870s.
  
  Identifier:   ms3977  
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18 Title:   Horace Montgomery collection of Howell Cobb family papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Montgomery, Horace, 1906-2001  
  Dates:   1820-1870  
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This collection contains correspondence and printed materials regarding the family and associates of Howell Cobb. Corresponents include Mary Ann Cobb, John A. Cobb, David C. Barrow, John B. Lamar, John H. Lumpkin, Lewis Cass, Middleton Pope Barrow.
  
  Identifier:   ms4484  
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19 Title:   Vincent, Chapple and Jackson families papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Matthews, Vincent  
  Dates:   1822-1922  
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This collection includes photographs, correspondence, albums, and genealogical information regarding the Jackson, Chapple, and Vincent families, items included were collected in relation to the Matthews family ancestry. It includes correspondence from Isaac Vincent during the Cherokee removal, and the muster roll from the Clarke County Rifles from 1861 with updates on casualties through the Civil War.
  
  Identifier:   ms4483  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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20 Title:   John Thomas Mercer family research files  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Sherman, David  
  Dates:   1820s-2000s  
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This collection contains correspondence, land records, wills, photographs, military orders, and research notes about the Mercer, Tift, Wooten, and Sherman families. Included are a series of photographs from the Tift Farm in Albany, Georgia, stock certificates from railroad and banking companies, miltary orders from the Confederate States, and correspondence from the late 1850s American West, and throughout the South during the Civil War. The audiovisual materials related to this collection are housed in the Walter J. Brown Media Archives.
  
  Identifier:   ms4059  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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