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21 Title:   Joshua Breyfogle family papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Breyfogle family  
  Dates:   1860-1910  
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The collection consists of two items relating to the Breyfogle family and their experiences fighting in the Civil War: a diary of M. J. Breyfogle from 1864, detailing marching in Scottsboro, Alabama, Dalton, Tunnel Hill, Lafayette, and Henry County, Georgia, describing weather, positions, battles, and skirmishes; a typescript copy of an original letter, dated March 27, 1903, written by J. D. Breyfogle to his sons, detailing battles in West Virginia, Kentucky, and Virginia. The collection also includes a typed genealogy of the Breyfogle family, and six family photographs.
  
  Identifier:   ms3124  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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22 Title:   Horatio J. David family papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   David family  
  Dates:   1852-1868, 1949  
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The collection consists of correspondence from Horatio to his mother in 1864. He writes from "Camp 16th GA Regt." near "Gaines Farm," Petersburg, and near "Chesterfield Heights," Virginia; about his battles and wounds. Further letters are signed "S. B. David," and "Alice," and concern Dr. Bell's buggy, and the deaths of Simeon David and Daisie David. The collection also includes a newspaper article (preservation copy) regarding the Thirza David Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, family histories concerning Thirza Bowen David and her activities during the Civil War, and a bullet with a handwritten note that reads: "This is the bullet that caused the loss of H. J. David's eye in the War between the States, in the Battle of Front Royal on August 16, 1864."
  
  Identifier:   ms3127  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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23 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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24 Title:   Ivy W. Duggan diary (typescript)  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Duggan, Ivy W.  
  Dates:   1861-1864  
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The collection consists of a transcript of correspondences, articles, poems, and obituaries written by Ivy Duggan while serving in the Confederate Army from 1861-1864.
  
  Identifier:   ms342  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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25 Title:   Asbury L. Stephens papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Stephens, Asbury L., -1879  
  Dates:   1863-1866  
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The collection consists of an account book with recipes for dentistry, and two diaries with content covering the Civil War during 1862-1865, written by Asbury L. Stephens of the 81st Ohio Infantry. The collection also includes a letter from Alice Crews to her sister and two photographs of Stephens.
  
  Identifier:   ms3535  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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26 Title:   Cassius J. Waite diary  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Waite, Cassius J., 1847-  
  Dates:   1864 March 26-September 27  
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The collection consists of a Civil War diary written by Cassius J. Waite. It is bound in black leather with a gilt stamped folding flap, dated 1864. Waite records the march under General William T. Sherman from Chattanooga to Atlanta during the spring and summer of 1864.
  
  Identifier:   ms3903  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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27 Title:   Charles S. Dickinson letter to Governor Joseph E. Brown  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Dickinson, Charles S.  
  Dates:   1862 November 12  
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Consists of a letter written by Charles S. Dickinson, an inventor from Cleveland, Ohio, to Governor Joseph E. Brown of Georgia regarding a new centrifugal machine gun as well as a "steam wagon" Dickinson had invented for use in combat. Dickinson offered his inventions to the Confederate military and even suggested he visit Georgia and build his machines for military service. The second page of the letter includes two newspaper clippings covering the gun from The Plain Dealer in Cleveland, Ohio and Capital City Fact in Columbus, Ohio.
  
  Identifier:   ms4108  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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28 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  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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29 Title:   Stonewall Register  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Unknown  
  Dates:   1865 April 20  
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This collection contains a four page newspaper handrwritten by a Confederate prisoner of war at Fort Delaware in Pea Patch Island, Delaware. The newspaper comments on Sherman's March through North Carolina, General Lee's surrender, the assassination of President Lincoln, the author's dislike of President Andrew Johnson, and the price of tobacco and bread in the camp. The first issue of this title is held at the Georgia Historical Society (ms0766).
  
  Identifier:   ms4290  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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30 Title:   Samuel Stout draft of the constitution of the Atlanta Soldiers' Relief Society  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Stout, Samuel Hollingsworth, 1822-1903  
  Dates:   circa 1861-1865  
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This collection contains Confederate Surgeon Samuel H. Stout's recommendations to the Atlanta Relief Society and a transcription of an excerpt of his memoir that discusses his appointment as medical chief of the Army of Tennessee after the battle of Shiloh.
  
  Identifier:   ms4292  
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31 Title:   Civil War editorials from northern newspapers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Unknown  
  Dates:   1860-1861  
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The collection consists of photostats of editorials from northern newspapers concerning the beginning of the Civil War. These editorials are clipped and stapled on light weight cardboard.
  
  Identifier:   ms58  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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32 Title:   Captain J. D. Johnston Confederate States Navy sword  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Johnston, J. D.  
  Dates:   between 1860 and 1869  
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The collection consists of one sword in scabbard, formerly property of Captain J. D. Johnston, Confederate States Navy. There is a description available in the folder "Confederate Sword."
  
  Identifier:   ms508  
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33 Title:   Augusta Jane Evans Wilson letter  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane), 1835-1909  
  Dates:   1866 October 23  
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The collection consists of a handwritten letter that was removed from a special edition of St. Elmo A novel, by Augusta J. Evans for preservation purposes. The letter is dated Mobile, October 23, 1866, "My dear kind friend," signed "A. J. Evans," and regards Evans' views toward the recently concluded Civil War and her own literary efforts. St. Elmo A novel by Augusta J. Evans is located in Special Collections Hargrett Rare Books (RBV), call number PS3332.S137 1867b.
  
  Identifier:   ms1162  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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34 Title:   Brown-McNeill family papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Brown family  
  Dates:   1859-1866  
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The collection consists of correspondence of the Brown and McNeill families of Roberson County, North Carolina from 1859-1866. Letters discuss news of friends or family, crops, weather, family members fighting in the war, and information about those killed in the war. Letter mention the Kate McLaurin steamboat explosion (1860).
  
  Identifier:   ms2708  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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35 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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36 Title:   James H. Lane letter to Charles Edgeworth Jones  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Lane, James Henry, 1833-1907  
  Dates:   1898 October 26  
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The collection consists of one letter written on Alabama Polytechnic Institute, A. & M. College, Auburn, Alabama letterhead: dated October 26, 1898, to "Mr. Charles E. Jones," signed "James H. Lane," regarding Lane's participation in the Battle of Chancellorsville, and the role of Stonewall Jackson in the battle.
  
  Identifier:   ms1468  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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37 Title:   Giles Moore enlistment agreement in the Union army  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Moore, Giles  
  Dates:   1863 August 19  
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The collection consists of one Volunteer enlistment form (completed in manuscript) in which Giles Moore enlists in the 2nd Regiment of Kansas Colored Volunteers. The document bears Moore's "X" mark signature.
  
  Identifier:   ms1502  
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38 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  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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39 Title:   John C. Ballintine family papers  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Ballintine, Elliot C.  
  Dates:   1850-1864  
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The collection consists of the papers of John C. Ballintine from 1850-1864. It is primarily correspondence from siblings, friends, and relations during the Civil War mainly while he was being held as a prisoner of war in Annapolis, Maryland. The collection also contains an U.S. Infantry Tactics book (1862) and an enrollment list containing the name, age, occupation, and nationality of persons liable to military duty in the town of Chili, Monroe County, New York (1863). Also includes material belonging to Elliot C. Ballintine including artifacts relating to his Spanish American War service; a souvenir book of the 3rd Regiment U.S. Volunteer Engineers from Camp Fornanie, Macon, Georgia. (1898); a notebook containing maps, notations about terrain, water, etc.; and a photograph of Elliot.
  
  Identifier:   ms17  
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40 Title:   Mary Barnard Nix collection  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Nix, Mary Barnard  
  Dates:   1807-1911  
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The collection consists of a variety of material inherited by Mary Barnard Nix which dates from 1807-1911. Includes correspondence, land grants, legal documents, Confederate money, a scrapbook, and two notebooks. Of particular interest are Civil War letters by Eugene Ware and John T. Gay, who served in the 4th Georgia Infantry Regiment and T.K. Coleman (unit unknown).
  
  Identifier:   ms20  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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