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1 Title:   Confederate manuscript collection  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Confederate States of America  
  Dates:   1861-1864  
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The collection consists of three documents, a petition signed by James B. McLelland for money to buy a kettle drum, correspondence to John Reid from Jesse Thomas regarding General Bragg's resignation, General Hardee taking command, prisoners, and troop movement in Tennessee, and a requisition to Confederate General Charles Clark by John Savage for a horse.
 
  Identifier:   ms2037  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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2 Title:   Major W.S. Munday letters to Captain Isaac Shelby  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Munday, W. S.  
  Dates:   1863  
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The collection consists of two letters: dated Camp near Chattanooga, October 7, 1863, "Captain Isaac Shelby, Jr.," signed "W.S. Munday," regarding distribution of cattle and moving headquarters to Dalton, Georgia; dated Ringgold, September 22, 1863, to "Captain Isaac Shelby, Buckner Corps," signed "W.S. Munday," regarding Tunnel Hill, and lack of courier and horse.
 
  Identifier:   ms2387  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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3 Title:   Etheldred Rainey diary  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Rainey, Etheldred  
  Dates:   1861, 1893  
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The collection consists of a diary of Etheldred Rainey, while serving in Phillips Legion of the Georgia State Reserves during the Civil War from October-December 1861. Entries chronicle in great detail his camp and actions in the field at Raleigh and Fayetteville (North Carolina), Johnson City (Tennessee), and Virginia. The collection also consists of a transcript of the diary, and obituary clippings for Rainey and his wife, Elizabeth.
 
  Identifier:   ms1152  
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4 Title:   William E. Smith Civil War letters  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Smith, William E. (William Ephraim), 1829-1890  
  Dates:   1862-1865  
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The collection consists of correspondence from William E. Smith to his mother from August 21, 1862-March 27, 1865. Correspondence details weather, rumors, marching details, orders and logistics. Smith writes from Murfreesboro and Chattanooga, Tennessee; Graysville, Georgia; Chickamauga Bridge, Tennessee; Resaca and Marietta, Georgia; and camps near the Chattahoochee River and at Jonesborough, Georgia. He also writes from Savannah, Georgia and camp near Goldsboro, North Carolina. The collection also includes a photograph of Smith in civilian clothes and a typescript of the correspondence.
 
  Identifier:   ms3591  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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5 Title:   Amos Guthrie diary  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Guthrie, Amos, approximately 1844-1864  
  Dates:   1864  
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The collection consists of three manuscripts, written in the form of a detailed diary, signed "Amos Guthrie," dated May 9, 1864-May 31, 1864. Guthrie writes about marching through Chickamauga Creek, Tunnel Hill, Ringgold, Dalton, Big Blue Spring, Cassville, and Dallas, Georgia. Diary entries mention different infantries, General Sherman, Johnston, rumors, positions, and the weather. The collection also includes a transcript of the manuscripts.
 
  Identifier:   ms3635  
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6 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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7 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  
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8 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  
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9 Title:   Gurr family papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Gurr family  
  Dates:   1864-1921  
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The collection consists of correspondence from Thomas J. Gurr to Sophronia Thompson (later Mrs. Thomas J. Gurr) from 1864-1866. Two of the letters were written while Thomas was serving in the 51st Georgia Infantry Regiment in Russellville, Tennessee and near Richmond, Virginia. Also included is a letter to Sophronia from her cousin (October 8, 1864), A. William Murray, of the 6th Georgia Infantry Regiment near Richmond, Virginia. Documents dated 1916-1921 include Gurr family genealogy.
 
  Identifier:   ms571  
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10 Title:   Margaret Lavinia Campbell Kelley family papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Kelley, Margaret Lavinia Campbell, 1806-1877  
  Dates:   1861-1864  
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The collection consists of a diary of Margaret Lavinia Campbell Kelley and a few Kelley family papers. The diary describes the work of her husband John and son David Campbell both ministers, Union troop activities around her home in Tennessee during the Civil War, and farm activities.
 
  Identifier:   ms2885  
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11 Title:   Erastus Newton Bates papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Bates, Erastus Newton, 1828-1898  
  Dates:   1834-1898  
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The collection consists of the papers of Erastus Newton Bates from 1834-1898. Includes correspondence to his wife Lucy, pertaining to his Civil War service with the 80th Illinois Volunteers in Kentucky and Tennessee. Bates' letters discuss the battles of Perryville, Kentucky (1862) and Murfreesboro, Tennessee (1862) and his subsequent imprisonment in Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia (1862-1864). Also contains certificates, deeds, commissions, and a few missionary letters from India and Ceylon written by Lucy Bates' brother.
 
  Identifier:   ms6  
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12 Title:   Jennie Smith papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Smith, Jennie, 1862-1946  
  Dates:   1863-1944  
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The collection consists of the personal papers of Jennie Smith from 1863-1944. Includes correspondence (1883-1944), clippings, sketches, printed pictures, engravings, drawings, designs for art contests, pages from Godey's Lady's Book and Frank Leslies Magazine, photographs, notebooks, and a diary of Jennie Smith. Materials pertain to Smith's art career and life in Athens, Georgia. The collection also contains the diary (1863) of John H. Mitchell, a Union soldier, probably from Michigan. Diary mentions prison duty, sickness, and troop movements in Tennessee.
 
  Identifier:   ms13  
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13 Title:   Robert Goodwin Mitchell papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Mitchell, Robert Goodwin, 1843-1926  
  Dates:   1833-1885  
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The collection consists of correspondence between Mitchell and Nettie Fondren during his service with the 29th Georgia Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. Mitchell served mainly in Georgia and along the coast. His letters describe the evacuation of Savannah (Ga.), the battle of Chickamauga (Ga.), the siege of Chattanooga (Tenn.), and the Atlanta Campaign. Nettie's letters, many written from the Lucy Cobb Institute (Athens, Ga.), describe life during the Civil War and news of family and friends. The collection also contains correspondence from other family members or friends, photographs, and a scrapbook containing clippings pertaining to the lives of Robert and Nettie after the war.
 
  Identifier:   ms2212  
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14 Title:   Banks family papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Banks family  
  Dates:   1818-1923  
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The collection consists of papers of the Banks family of Elbert and Muscogee Counties, Georgia from 1818-1923. The collection minutely includes indentures and legal documents, but it consists mainly of correspondence between family members. Early letters are addressed to John Banks and concern business activities. Most of the Civil War correspondence is addressed to either Sarah Lucy or John Banks and primarily includes letters from Willis Dunston and Daniel Watkins with a few from George Young and Richard Eugene; all part of the 39th Alabama Infantry Regiment. The letters describe battles and fighting at Falls Church, Virginia; Chattanooga, Tennessee; Lookout Mountain, Tybee Island, and the retreat from Atlanta, Georgia. Other topics discussed include troop movements, marches, causalities, problems with deserters, and the lack of supplies. Some letters also discuss farm management during the war, financial problems, and cotton sales. After the death of Willis Dunston, Daniel Watkins, and Richard Eugene in 1864 the correspondence (1864-1865) consists of letters of condolence to John Banks. Later correspondence (1870-1923 with gaps) contains letters to E.A. (Elbert Augustine) Banks in New York City, mainly from G.J. (Gideon James) Peacock concerning family news, cotton sales, farm management, and land sales in Georgia. Other correspondents include Edward Sims Banks and Susan Martha Banks.
 
  Identifier:   ms1571  
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15 Title:   Banks family papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Banks family  
  Dates:   1818-1923  
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The collection consists of family correspondence, indentures and legal documents. Some of the Civil War letters describe battles and fighting at Falls Church, Virginia; Chattanooga, Tennessee; Lookout Mountain, Tybee Island, and the retreat from Atlanta, Georgia. Later correspondence contains letters concerning family news, cotton sales, farm management, and land sales in Georgia.
 
  Identifier:   ms2343  
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16 Title:   Branch family papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Branch family  
  Dates:   1830-1961  
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The collection consists of the papers of the Branch family of Savannah, Georgia from 1830-1961. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence between Charlotte Sawyer Branch and her sons John L., Sanford W., and Hamilton McDevil Branch, who served mainly in the 8th Georgia Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. The letters describe the 1st Battle of Bull Run, the death of John, the subsequent capture of Sanford (who had stayed with his dying brother), the Seven Days Battle, the 2nd Battle of Bull Run, and the Battle of Gettysburg, where Sanford was wounded and captured again. Hamilton transferred to the 54th Georgia Infantry Regiment and writes about the regiment's involvement in the Atlanta Campaign, particularly the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain. He also writes from Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee while serving with Nathan Bedford Forrest.
 
  Identifier:   ms25  
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