Georgia Civil War Manuscript Collections: An Annotated Bibliography

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Georgia Department of Archives and History

Manuscript Collections

5800 Jonesboro Road

Morrow, Georgia 30260-1101

www.GeorgiaArchives.org

Manuscripts, microfilm, and bound typescripts make up the lion's share of the Civil War collections at the Georgia Department of Archives and History (GDAH). This first chapter lists the manuscript collections, which consist primarily of private papers, governmental records, and portions of the Civil War Miscellany (CWM) collection. While finding aids for the larger collections of private papers are available in the repository, the CWM collection is problematic. While most card catalogs contain a section listing collections by title, the CWM catalog at the GDAH consists exclusively of subject cards, and imperfect ones at that. Further complicating matters is that the collections exist in two locations in two formats, on microfilm and as hard copies in the vault. Patrons are encouraged to use the microfilm versions; however, not all of the material listed in the CWM catalog can be readily found in the microfilm versions. For that reason, the CWM items not found on microfilm during the research phase of this project are listed in this chapter with their location listed according to their record group.

1ST (GALT'S) REGIMENT INFANTRY GEORGIA STATE LINE

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 7, location: 3342-10

This collection contains a clothing account for company scouts (Talbot Scouts), 1864.

1ST (OLMSTEAD'S) REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 7, location: 3342-10

This collection contains a bound roster of all companies.

1ST (OLMSTEAD'S) REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, CO. D

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 7, location: 3342-10

This collection contains descriptive lists and accounts of pay and clothing for Robert Barnwell, Robert C. Fetzer, and John W. Counts.

1ST (RAMSEY'S) REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 7, location: 3342-10

This collection contains a bound roster of all companies of this regiment.

1ST REGIMENT GEORGIA REGULAR INFANTRY, CO. K

This collection contains a muster, descriptive roll, and account of pay and clothing for a detachment from the permanent party at the Oglethorpe Barracks, April 12, 1861.

3RD REGIMENT ALABAMA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 8, location: 3342-10

This collection contains reminiscences of experiences in northern prisons by James B. Stamps of Company I.

3RD REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER CAVALRY

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 8, location: 3342-10

This collection contains a story by T. Preston Gibbs and a report of men absent, January 13, 1865.

3RD REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 7, location: 3342-10

This collection contains a widely published photograph of three soldiers from this unit as well as a photograph of George N. Dexter with a tattered flag.

3RD REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, CO. C

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 7, location: 3342-10

This collection contains letters written by Captain Francis Lorraine Hillyer.

3RD REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, CO. D

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 7, location: 3342-10

This collection contains a typescript history of this unit.

4TH BATTALION FLORIDA INFANTRY

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 8, location: 3342-10

This collection contains letters written by Washington Waters of the 4th Florida Infantry Battalion, which was later incorporated into the 11th Florida Infantry Regiment.

4TH REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER CAVALRY

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 8, location: 3342-10

This collection contains a report of men absent on January 13, 1865.

4TH REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, CO. K

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 7, location: 3342-10

This collection contains the reminiscences of Daniel Thomas Brunson.

5TH REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER CAVALRY

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 8, location: 3342-10

This collection contains reminiscences of life in a northern prison by B. W. Dorsey, a short history of Company D, and a list of members which appeared in an unidentified newspaper.

5TH REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 7, location: 3342-10

This collection contains a published bound roster.

5TH REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, CO. A

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 7, location: 3342-10

This collection contains the muster roll of the Clinch Rifles.

5TH TENNESSEE VOLUNTEER CAVALRY REGIMENT

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 8, location: 3342-10

This collection contains a diary, written August 11, 1864 through November 6, 1864, by John Coffee Williamson of Company E.

6TH REGIMENT GEORGIA INFANTRY RESERVES

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 7, location: 3342-10

This collection contains a brief history of this unit.

6TH REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER CAVALRY

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 8, location: 3342-10

This collection contains letters written by Colonel John R. Hart.

6TH REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, CO. G

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 7, location: 3342-10

This collection contains a company roster.

6TH TENNESSEE INFANTRY REGIMENT

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 8, location: 3342-10

This collection contains a brief biographical sketch of Captain William Edward Butler.

7TH REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, CO. G

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 7, location: 3342-10

This collection contains a letter, written April 17, 1865, by J. C. Williams.

8TH FLORIDA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 8, location: 3342-10

This collection contains information concerning Colonel William Baya.

9TH BATTALION GEORGIA VOLUNTEER ARTILLERY, CO. A

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 8, location: 3342-10

This collection contains thirteen letters, 1861–1865, written by David Lovejoy Mobley.

9TH REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 7, location: 3342-10

This collection contains a roster of this unit.

10TH BATTALION GEORGIA INFANTRY STATE GUARDS

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 7, location: 3342-10

This collection contains a roster of this unit.

10TH REGIMENT CAVALRY, GEORGIA STATE GUARDS, CO. G

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 8, location: 3342-10

This collection contains letters written by John S. Hester.

12TH BATTALION GEORGIA VOLUNTEER ARTILLERY

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 8, location: 3342-10

This collection contains a chronology of events by Private Benjamin Watkins of Company A as well a copy of a roster and letters written by George W. Boatwright of Company E.

12TH REGIMENT ALABAMA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 8, location: 3342-10

This collection contains a diary, June 1864 to June 15, 1865, written by Captain Robert E. Park of Company F.

13TH REGIMENT ALABAMA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 8, location: 3342-10

This collection contains an account of the Battle of Antietam by Joseph Calhoun Burns of Company D.

14TH REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, CO. I

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 7, location: 3342-10

This collection contains one letter by John Oliver Andrews.

15TH REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, CO. K

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 7, location: 3342-10

This collection contains a list of members found in the Hancock County Courthouse.

16TH REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 7, location: 3342-10

This collection contains reminiscences copied from the Confederate Veteran magazine.

17TH VIRGINIA INFANTRY REGIMENT, CO. A

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 8, location: 3342-10

This collection contains letters, 1863 to 1866, written by Will A. Reid.

19TH SOUTH CAROLINA INFANTRY REGIMENT, CO. H

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 8, location: 3342-10

This collection contains a narrative by Major James L. White.

20TH NORTH CAROLINA INFANTRY REGIMENT

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 8, location: 3342-10

This collection contains the farewell address of Brigadier General Alfred Iverson, Jr.

20TH REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, CO. B

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 7, location: 3342-10

This collection contains reminiscences by J. W. Lokey.

21ST REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, CO. K

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 7, location: 3342-10

This collection contains photocopies of vouchers and miscellaneous documents.

22ND REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, CO. G

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 7, location: 3342-10

This collection contains letters written by Robert Harris Jones.

23RD REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, CO. E

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 7, location: 3342-10

This collection contains letters written by Samuel Tate Hammontree.

27TH REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, CO. F

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 7, location: 3342-10

This collection contains a roster of Company F, including information as to the wounding or death of the members.

30TH REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, CO. F

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 7, location: 3342-10

This collection contains Byrd Lovett's discharge.

33RD REGIMENT ALABAMA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 8, location: 3342-10

This collection contains the memoirs of William E. Matthews of Company B.

35TH REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 7, location: 3342-10

This collection contains information on the flag and history of this unit.

37TH REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY BAND

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 7, location: 3342-10

This collection contains information concerning the band which was formed by Dr. Clyde D.

38TH REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 7, location: 3342-10

This collection contains a list of men who surrendered on April 9, 1865.

38TH REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, CO. D

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 7, location: 3342-10

This collection contains information concerning Bennett Rainey Jeffares.

38TH REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, CO. F

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 7, location: 3342-10

This collection contains a copy of an oath of allegiance for James D. McCurry.

41ST REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 7, location: 3342-10

This collection contains one letter by William E. Bobo.

42ND REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, CO. C

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 7, location: 3342-10

This collection contains letters written by Harvey A. Rainey.

42ND REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, CO. H

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 7, location: 3342-10

This collection contains letters written by James M. Huff.

43RD REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, CO. C

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 7, location: 3342-10

This collection contains information relative to the history of this company.

44TH REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, CO. B

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 7, location: 3342-10

This collection contains the reminiscences of John C. Key.

45TH REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, CO. E

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 7, location: 3342-10

This collection contains a company roster, including information as to the wounding or death of members.

46TH REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 7, location: 3342-10

This collection contains information relating to Colonel Alexander Middleton Speer.

46TH REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, CO. K

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 7, location: 3342-10

This collection contains a copy of an article from The Daily Sun, Columbus, Georgia, April 5, 1862.

46TH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 8, location: 3342-10

This collection contains letters written by Lt. Colonel Edward N. Upton.

47TH REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 7, location: 3342-10

This collection contains a typed narrative by Daniel L. Jones.

49TH REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, CO. I

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 7, location: 3342-10

This collection contains a list of the members of this unit.

49TH VIRGINIA INFANTRY REGIMENT

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 8, location: 3342-10

This collection contains the diary of Wickliffe James Kincheloe, of Company C, and several letters to unidentified persons.

52ND REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, CO. E

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 7, location: 3342-10

This collection contains information on William J. McClure.

52ND REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, CO. G

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 7, location: 3342-10

This collection contains a copy of a letter by Phillip Willis, dated August 31, 1862.

53RD REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, CO. C

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 7, location: 3342-10

This collection contains one letter by Richard N. Davis.

54TH REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 7, location: 3342-10

This collection contains letters written by Charles Milligan Ferguson.

56TH REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, CO. A

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 7, location: 3342-10e

This collection contains letters written by Charles M. Polk.

59TH REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 7, location: 3342-10

This collection contains a history of this unit, from the Wilderness to Cold Harbor.

59TH REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, CO. C

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 7, location: 3342-10

This collection contains a company roster, including notes on dead and wounded.

60TH REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, CO. G

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 7, location: 3342-10

This collection contains letters written by Captain John B. Colding.

ADDY FAMILY LETTERS AND PAPERS

Reference: ac 77-305, mf 508

This collection consists of one folder, containing primarily Civil War letters from Ervin E. Addy and Jesse Rawls, both of Company A, 41st Regiment Georgia Infantry. The folder also contains letters by M. Luther Addy of Company G, 53rd Regiment GVI.

LUCY W. ADKINS CIVIL WAR LETTER

Reference: ac 00-265, mf 172

This collection consists of one letter to Lucy Adkins of Murray County, Georgia, from the Confederate treasury department, that accompanied $48.03, which is for payment of your deceased husband, Thomas Adkins, for his service as a private in Captain Hill's Company M, 1st Georgia Regiment Regular Infantry.

ADJUTANT GENERAL'S RECORDS

Reference: RG22

This collection contains correspondence and records of the adjutant general's office of Georgia.

WARREN AKIN CIVIL WAR LETTERS TO NATHAN LAND, 1864–1865

Reference: ac 00-276, mf 175

This collection contains letters from Warren Akin to his friend Judge Nathan Land, of Cassville, Georgia, who had left their homes as refugees.

ALABAMA ARTIFICIAL LIMBS

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-3, Box 10, location: 3342-01

This collection contains copies of the regulations for the distribution of artificial limbs in Alabama.

[ALABAMA] HENRY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY PAPERS

Reference: ac 69-508, 2169-17a

This collection contains original and printed material consisting primarily of news clippings, including a roster of the Irwin Volunteers, Company E, 25th Regiment GVI.

ARAMINTA ANTOINETTE (NETTIE) ALEXANDER PAPERS

Reference: ac 70-526, mf 171

This ten-item collection contains the correspondence of Nettie Alexander, including letters from William H. Dewees of Company B, 45th Regiment GVI.

M. C. ALLEN CIVIL WAR LETTERS, 1862

Reference: ac 66-292, mf172

This collection consists of one letter to his cousin, probably in Rome, Mississippi, about conditions in Savannah, Georgia, February 1862, as part of the 40th Regiment GVI.

WILLIAM S. ARMSTRONG

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-1, Box 1, location: 3338-01

This collection contains letters written by William S. Armstrong, assistant surgeon in the 11th Battalion Georgia Volunteer Artillery.

WILLIAM MCINTOSH ARNOLD CIVIL WAR PAPERS

Reference: ac 72-118, mf 570; 0 085

This collection contains thirteen items consisting of various military papers, along with the correspondence of Captain William McIntosh Arnold, Company A, 6th Regiment GVI.

ALEXANDER J. ASH CIVIL WAR LETTERS, 1861 & 1863

Reference: ac 78-560, mf 625

This collection contains two items. The first letter is by a Tennessee college student who may be Alexander J. Ash or his brother John. He describes the response of students and community to the new Confederacy. The second letter was written shortly before Alexander's death, March 1863, during the Vicksburg Campaign. He was in Company H, 34th Regiment GVI.

JAMES ATKINS DIARY

Reference: Drawer 283, Box 16, 17; ac 64-152, mf 152

This collection consists of a seventeen-page diary, written from August 11, 1861, to January 31, 1862, and seventy-one letters by James Atkins of Company D, 12th Regiment GVI.

ELI BALLARD FAMILY PAPERS

Reference: ac 73-175, 2125-06b; 0 102

This fifteen-folder collection documents one family's life and land holdings. Included is a Civil War letter from George Ballard of Company C, 57th Regiment GVI, during the Atlanta Campaign mentioning trenches, heavy fighting, and other members of this unit.

ALFRED BARLOW

Reference: ac 71-361, mf 098

This collection contains the diary of Alfred Barlow of the 48th Pennsylvania infantry from September 31, 1861, to September 22, 1862. In it he gives detailed descriptions of the movements and activities of his unit.

FLORENCE BURT BARRETT

Reference: ac 00-011, mf 319

This collection contains two letters, one of which is by David James Burt of Company F, 65th Regiment GVI, July 11, 1863, from Loudon, Tennessee, to his wife, telling of soldier's sickness caused by the wet weather.

MARION MADISON BARRINGTON FAMILY PAPERS

Reference: ac 78-227, mf 454

This collection contains two folders of letters by a Georgia-born Alabamian as he moved about the South in Company K of the 39th Regiment Alabama Infantry Regiment.

JARED BASHFORD CIVIL WAR LETTER, 1865

Reference: ac 00-266, mf 174

This collection contains one letter by a Union soldier in the 18th Regiment Missouri Volunteer Infantry who was stationed in Savannah, Georgia, just after its surrender.

BASS FAMILY CIVIL WAR PAPERS

Reference: ac 39-252, mf 155

This thirty-one piece collection includes letters, 1861–1862, from three Bass brothers of Athens who served in the 1st and 25th Regiments GVI.

BATTLE FAMILY PAPERS

Reference: ac 39-164, mf 510

This folder contains three Civil War letters from John C. Battle of Captain Brooks' Company, Terrell Light Artillery, Georgia Volunteers. In these letters, dated late September and early October of 1864, he writes of going down the river to Bainbridge to shell Yankees.

BEAUFORT, SOUTH CAROLINA

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-3, Box 10, location: 3342-01

This collection contains a diary by Ellen Phoebe Morcock of Beaufort, South Carolina.

BENTLEY FAMILY PAPERS

Reference: ac 73-322, mf 272

The lone Civil War letter, June 18, 1862, in this single folder collection is from John R. Bentley of Company H, 7th Regiment GVI, discussing the Battle of Manassas, Virginia.

BERRIEN COUNTY SOLDIERS

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-3, Box 10, location: 3342-01

This collection contains lists of men who enlisted in Berrien County units. Compiled by Lacy E. Lastinger of Company K, 29th Regiment GVI.

W. T. BIGGS CIVIL WAR LETTER, 1860

Reference: ac 69-427, mf 306

This collection contains a letter addressed to Jacob from a Union sympathizer.

JAMES APPLETON BLACKSHEAR CIVIL WAR DIARIES, 1862–1867

Reference: ac 78-071, 2363-01b

James Appleton Blackshear chronicles his experiences as a captain of infantry in the Georgia States Troops, in Company D, 11th Battalion Georgia Volunteer Artillery, and as Congressional District Enrolling Officer for Georgia; as an officer in charge of prisoners at places in Virginia, Georgia, and North Carolina; and as an instructor of Light Infantry Tactics for officers at Anderson, Georgia. Blackshear writes of battles, the behavior of soldiers, and his opinions on slavery in this four-volume diary.

BLISSIT FAMILY PAPERS

Reference: ac 77-365, mf 533

This folder contains the papers of Henry Bluford Blissit and other Georgians serving in the Civil War (mostly in Virginia). It contains: six letters by Henry Bluford Blissit of Company A, 52nd Regiment GVI, June 1862 to August 1862, from Richmond, Virginia; one letter from Elijah W. Blissit of Company K, 1st Regiment GVI, October 21, 1861, from Camp Bartow, Virginia; four letters, June 1, 1863, to January 30, 1864, from John H. Thurston, Company C, 13th Regiment GVI, in Virginia; four letters, May 25, 1863, to January 30, 1864, from James R. Thurston, Company I, 45 th Regiment GVI, from camps in Virginia; one letter, May 7, 1864, from J. F. Blissit, Company H, 32nd Regiment GVI, at Red Bluff, South Carolina. Also included are letters from unidentified authors and the men's families, receipts for Henry's medical care and burial, his furlough permission, and some promissory notes. Available only as a photocopy.

GREEN B. BOSTWICK CIVIL WAR LETTER

Reference: ac 00-232, mf 123

This collection consists of one letter to Aunt and Granma, from Bostwick, Company B and E, 38th Regiment GVI, February 9, 1864.

BOULWARE FAMILY PAPERS

Reference: ac 50-048, mf 300

This two-folder collection contains one Civil War letter, written by Charles T. Taliaferro, of Company E, 4th Alabama Infantry Regiment dated December 29, 1863, from Morristown, Tennessee. In it, he discusses having a lonely Christmas and how the men in his regiment are all barefooted and faltering. The majority of correspondence covers family life, economic conditions, and religious matters in ante-bellum Virginia.

WILLIAM JAMES BOURN CIVIL WAR LETTERS (D. 1864)

Reference: ac 73-329, mf 375

This collection consists of twenty-four letters from Bourn of Company F, 12th Battalion Georgia Light Artillery, and two letters concerning his death. Available only as a photocopy.

BOYD/SITTON FAMILY CIVIL WAR LETTERS

Reference: Drawer 9, Box 79; ac 70-004, 2134-02a

This collection contains ninety-six letters by Pvt. Homer Cicero Sitton, Company A, 11th Georgia Regiment Volunteer Infantry and family members in Gainsville and Dahlonega, Georgia. Also included are letters by Wier Boyd of the 52nd Georgia Regiment Volunteer Infantry and Augustus F. Boyd of Company D, 52nd Georgia during the Vicksburg Campaign.

BREWSTER FAMILY PAPERS

Reference: ac 68-528, 68-224; 68-142, mf 201

This five item collection contains letters, 1861 and 1863, and genealogical information about the family of Walter Scott Brewster who served in Company G, 24th Regiment GVI, until his death in the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia, in 1862. The early letters are written by Walter's two sisters. The recent material is genealogical.

NOBLE JOHN BROOKS OUTGOING LETTERS AND DIARY, 1862–1864

Reference: ac 78-493, 2122-12b

This folder contains the diary and letters of Noble John Brooks. Entries from March 1864 to May 1865 document Brooke's life in Company E, Cavalry Battalion, Cobb's Legion chronicling his activities in the Carolinas and Virginia. His letters, 1861–1864, document his movements in Virginia; one letter is from South Carolina.

WILLIAM BROOKS CIVIL WAR LETTER

Reference: ac 00-268, mf 176

This collection contains a letter dated March 30th to Brooks' brother that his wife was ill and he should return home if there were a chanch for you to git off. William Brooks likely served in the 55th Regiment GVI.

JOSEPH E. BROWN CORRESPONDENCE

Reference: RG1-1-4

This collection includes official correspondence, 1859–1865, to and from Governor Joseph E. Brown.

A. J. BRYAN CIVIL WAR PAROLE PAPERS, 1865

Reference: ac 68-381, mf 177

This collection consists of a parole paper issued at Macon, Georgia, May 15, 1865, for Bryan of the 11th Regiment Georgia Volunteers.

BRYAN/WILLINGHAM/LAWTON FAMILY LETTER, 1864–1865

Reference: ac 62-001, mf 369

This ten-item collection contains primarily correspondence to and from Annie W. Bryan discussing family relations, home economics, slaves, and Reconstruction. Most of the letters are by or to Annie from her parents and sister. They concern family relations, home economics, Civil War life, slaves, Reconstruction, and the new livelihoods developed by African-Americans after the war. Of special interest are accounts of camping by Annie in 1865, probably while she was a refugee. Available only as a photocopy.

DR. TURNER BRYSON COLLECTION

Reference: ac 66-32, mf 349

This eight-item collection includes the miscellaneous documents of a Confederate military storekeeper in Savannah, Georgia, 1861.

WILLIAM M. BUCKHANON CIVIL WAR LETTER, 1862

Reference: ac 73-215, mf 242

This collection consists of one letter by an Alabama cavalryman in Hilliard's Legion, Slaughter's Battalion. William M. Buckhanon writes briefly about the Confederate move through Cumberland Gap to Knoxville, Tennessee, during the Fall of 1862 when he guarded General Kirby Smith's wagons.

ROBERT BULLOCK (1828–1905) AND AMANDA WATERMAN LETTERS

Reference: ac 67-181, 2085-18d

This five-folder collection consists of correspondence between Brigadier General Robert Bullock, 7th Regiment Florida Volunteer Infantry, and his wife during their courtship, the Civil War, and up to his capture in 1863. A letter by an officer concerning his capture and a few items about his children are also included.

ROBERT S. BURCH PAPERS (1814–1900)

Reference: ac 00-024, 2096-18b

This forty-seven item collection consists of the family, business, and political correspondence of Robert S. Burch of Newnan, Marietta and Thomasville, Georgia. It includes seven letters to Alexander H. Stephens discussing family, politics, and Reconstruction. Also included is a speech (incomplete) by Burch to a Confederate Veterans reunion, 1894, and a letter from his son, George, 1862, while in Company I, 29th Regiment GVI, near Savannah, Georgia.

SAMUEL BURNETT INCOMING LETTERS, 1851–1889

Reference: ac 74-274, 2132-05c

This nineteen-folder collection contains unrelated letters from well-known Georgians such as Thomas R. R. Cobb, Robert Toombs, Alexander and Linton Stephens, Joseph E. Brown, Henry W. Grady, and others concerning politics, government, and the Civil War.

BURNS/HARRIS/JONES FAMILY PAPERS

Reference: ac 83-017, 2129-12b/c; 0 103

This twenty-two folder collection contains letters, 1858–1863, by John T. Burns, former University of Georgia student and major in the 6th Regiment GVC, Company E. It also includes records of his wife's family: Jeptha V. Harris correspondence, early legal documents, and letters among Mrs. Burns, her sister, Sallie, and her daughter, Martha, which document the disintegration of the family after the Civil War. The collection also contains additional Johnstone, Dickson, and Sanders family information, names of slaves in early records, and many graphics.

ADDISON M. BURNSIDE CIVIL WAR LETTERS, 1862–1863

Reference: ac 59-115, mf 157

This collection consists of nine letters written by Burnside during his service in the 44th Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry from the Peninsular campaign to the battle of Fredericksburg. In the letters he gives his opinion of General Daniel Harvey Hill and Colonel John B. Estes.

BUTNER FAMILY PAPERS, 1823–1863

Reference: ac 71-404, mf 345

This folder consists of thirty-one items of family correspondence, including several Civil War letters. John C. Butner of 2nd Company F, 1st Confederate Infantry Regiment wrote three letters from Fort Gaines, Florida during late 1862 to early 1863, and on November 13, from Kingston, Georgia. Brother William E. Butner of Company D, 7th Regiment GVI, writes a letter from Camp Sam Jones, March 5, 1862. Thomas Butner writes letters from Powder Springs, Marietta, and Forsyth, Georgia, 1861–1862. In them he discusses war news and that some Forsyth Companies are home on parole, March 2, 1862. Earlier documents relate to relatives and business in Stokes County, North Carolina, and Cobb County, Georgia. An 1887 letter from John's son, William E. Butner, who was attending school in Atlanta mentions DeGive's Opera House, the Kimball House, and an operation on a two-headed man.

J. M. CAMP CIVIL WAR PAPERS, 1863

Reference: ac 773-143, mf 240

This collection contains one letter, 1863, from Joseph M. Camp of Company K, 64th Regiment GVI, describing the regiment's route from Macon Georgia, to Camp Quincy, Florida.

CAMP/REYNOLDS FAMILY PAPERS

Reference: ac 00-068, 2096-18a

Folder one of this fifteen-folder collection contains letters, 1861–1862, from Hiram Warner Camp and Walker G. Camp of Company A, 7th Regiment, GVI. Folder two contains the correspondence of Lizzie Camp. Two additional Civil War letters are by cousin Tandy Key Reynolds of the 9th Arkansas Infantry Regiment describing the military movements before the Battle for Jackson, Mississippi and the Siege of Vicksburg. One letter is by Captain D. B. Brown of the 9th Texas Cavalry Regiment. Folders three and four contain the correspondence of William M. Reynolds, 1864, 1873–1877. His outgoing 1864 letter describes the costs of goods and farmland. The collection also includes a large number of news clippings from Newnan; Methodist Orphans' Home publications; poems and narratives by Lizzie; published articles by Lily Reynolds, her daughter; pamphlets; photographs and postcards; and various miscellaneous items like broadsides, programs, and announcements.

JOHN HENRY CAMPBELL PAPERS

Reference: ac 68-304, mf 566

This five-item collection of miscellaneous papers contains an 1819 letter from John H. Campbell, while working in Augusta, Georgia. Also included is a reprint of an 1865 letter from John A. Campbell, Assistant Secretary of War, CSA.

CARSON FAMILY PAPERS

Reference: ac 78-009, 1098-12c

This eleven-folder collection contains letters between a Union soldier, William Smith Carson, 1st Regiment Tennessee Cavalry, and his wife, 1864–1865, discussing the Battle of Nashville, Tennessee, and the success of an African-American regiment. Other letters are mostly incoming from family members in other states.

DAVID J. CARSON CIVIL WAR PAPERS

Reference: ac 00-234, mf 124

This one-folder collection contains material relating to Private David J. Carson, 134th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, including his assignment to General James McPherson's Headquarters. Included is a letter by General William T. Sherman's field clerk giving instructions to General McPherson on the destruction of the railroad leading to Decatur, Georgia, and various orders from Union officers. Available only as a photocopy.

WILLIAM J. HARVEY CARTER CIVIL WAR LETTERS

Reference: ac 76-124, mf 452

This folder contains four letters written by Carter from New Bern, North Carolina, September 22, 1861; Washington, North Carolina, November 26, 1861; and camp near Fredericksburg, Virginia, November 22, 1862, and January 3, 1863. Carter was a member of Company D, 24th Regiment GVI, before he was captured at Gettysburg and subsequently enlisted in Company E, 1st U.S. Volunteers, whereupon he was sent to the Dakota Territory.

HOPE WAIN CHANDLER CIVIL WAR LETTER

Reference: ac 76-260, mf 615; Drawer 283, Box 21

This collection contains a letter dated June 17, 1862, from Hope Wain Chandler of Company F, Phillip's Legion, at a camp probably on the South Anna River, to his wife with a note to his father. Available only as a photocopy.

CHESHIRE FAMILY PAPERS, 1819–1964

Reference: ac 72-277, 2135-09c

This seven-folder collection contains one Civil War letter written by civilian, R. J. Hollingworth, mentioning brother Joseph Dock as being a guard at Andersonville. The remainder consists of genealogy, correspondence, business papers, estate records, and photographs of the family. Much of the correspondence is to daughter Sallie W. Cheshire from aspiring but unsuccessful suitors. A large number of photographs are of Cheshire, Mayson, and Todd family members.

CHUNN/LAND FAMILY PAPERS, 1828–1925

Reference: ac 44-101, mf 1096-15;0 108

This collection of sixty-four folders contains letters, land deeds, business correspondence, and receipts relating to the Elizabeth Word and Samuel L. Chunn family of Cass (later Bartow) County, Georgia, and the Nathan and Mona Arrington Land family. Papers document Civil War conditions, including the destruction of Cassville in 1864, Reconstruction struggles, immigration to Texas, agriculture, small businesses, land investment, family relations, the status of African-Americans, sickness and health care, and death. Although the collection is mostly Georgian, with Bartow, Twiggs, Coweta, and Forsyth Counties being the best represented, there are many letters and records from South Carolina, Alabama, Texas, and Tennessee.

A. B. CLARK, GOD SAVE THE SOUTH, N.D.

Reference: ac 00-235, mf 125

This collection contains a handwritten copy of a Confederate National Anthem Composed by Lieutenant A. B. Clarke ‘Bartow Artillery,’ CSA, arranged to music by Lieutenant H. Bechter, Artillery Corps, CSA. Clarke was on the roll of the 60th Regiment GVI, 1861–1862. He transferred to the 22nd Battalion Georgia Artillery in November and resigned two months later.

JOHN CLARK

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-1, Box 6, location: 3338-03

This collection contains letters written by John Clark, allegedly of Company F, 5th Regiment Georgia Infantry Reserves.

A. J. CLEAVLAND [CLEVELAND] CIVIL WAR LETTER, 1864

Reference: ac 00-296, mf 178

This collection consists of one letter from a father to his son in Company G, 65 th Regiment GVI, saying, of your Company is at home and they say that they intend to stay ther.

COBB'S LEGION, GEORGIA VOLUNTEERS

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 8, location: 3342-10

This collection contains a description of the flag of this unit.

COBB'S LEGION, GEORGIA VOLUNTEERS, CAVALRY BATTALION, CO. A

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-3, Box 8, location: 3342-10

This collection contains a centennial souvenir booklet on the Richmond Hussars, 1795–1895.

SOLOMON COHEN INCOMING LETTERS, 1864

Reference: ac 78-311, mf 602

This folder contains letters from the Confederate States of America, Post Office Department, Appointment Bureau, to the Savannah, Georgia, postmaster concerning the payment of the clerk.

COLCLOUGH FAMILY PAPERS, 1862 & 1940

Reference: ac 74-142, mf 355

This two-item collection contains a Civil War letter from Thomas F. Colclough (1829–1862) to his wife, July 10, 1862, from Company B, 55th Regiment GVI, near Chattanooga, Tennessee. A brief Colclough family history by Dr. B. D. Ragsdale of Mercer University is included. Available only as a photocopy.

ELIZABETH COLQUITT FAMILY PAPERS

Reference: ac 77-592, mf 529

This collection of ten items consists primarily of incoming letters to Mrs. Elizabeth Colquitt concerning the death of her husband James of the 6th Alabama Infantry Regiment at Gettysburg. There is also a letter from brother J. J. in the 32nd Regiment, GVI, at James Island, South Carolina, in 1863. Some letters concern postwar property taxes and Elizabeth's pension.

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-3, Box 10, location: 3342-01

This collection contains the diary, 1864–1865, of Emma Florence Leconte of Columbia, South Carolina.

CONFEDERATE MONUMENT ASSOCIATION

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-3, Box 10, location: 3342-01

This collection contains an imprint produced in 1872 with information concerning the Confederate Monument Association.

CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS EXEMPT FROM OCCUPATION TAX, 1900–1903

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-3, Box 10, location: 3342-01

This collection contains information that appears under Record Group 8, Series 3 of the Comptroller General's Department, including a list of Confederate veterans who were exempt from this tax.

CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA

Reference: ac 70-053, mf 359

This collection contains a document ordering replacement personnel for hospital to report to Brigadier General John Henry Winder.

CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, MACON GENERAL HOSPITAL ACCOUNT BOOK, 1862–1863

Reference: ac 71-143, mf 648

Among other records, the book contains numerical reports of the sick and those attending in the General Hospital; provisions, procured and returns; funds transferred by the Commissary; Monthly Statements of the Hospital Fund; and Funds Received from the Ladies Relief Fund. These records cover May-October 1862 and May-August 1863. Cash accounts for December 9, 1862-April 14, 1863, also titled Surgeons in Charge, in Account with the Confederate States, appear at the end.

ABNER R. COX CIVIL WAR DIARY

Reference: ac 68-327, mf 126; Drawer 190, Box 75

This collection contains a diary, 1864–1865, containing an account of the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, the march home to Anderson, South Carolina, and list of paroled officers and men with notes on individuals such as dates of death, sickness, rank, etc. Abner R. Cox served in Company L, South Carolina Palmetto Sharpshooters.

MUSE V. CROWE CIVIL WAR LETTER, 1862 & 1865

Reference: ac 58-117, mf 156

This two-item collection contains an 1865 letter from Crowe, possibly in Asheville, North Carolina, to her cousin in Villa Rica, Georgia. She described the plundering of her town by Deserters and Tories and gave news of family members. An unrelated envelope, postmarked Atlanta, 1862, is included.

CSA QUARTERMASTER

Reference: CWM, 57-1-3, Box 22, location: 3342-07

This collection consists of the letters of Captain H. Upshure McKinney, Confederate Quartermaster who apparently served under Confederate generals Stephen D. Lee and Gideon Pillow during 1864.

CUNNINGHAM FAMILY PAPERS

Reference: ac 77-188, mf 488

This collection of five items contains Joseph H. Cunningham's papers: lists of his slaves and their births, 1824–1865, and receipts, and a medical exemption from service for W. R. Mason from Camp Watts, Alabama, 1865.

CURTRIGHT FAMILY PAPERS, 1832–1847

Reference: ac 66-224, mf 294

This two-folder collection contains two Civil War letters. One letter from W. H. Curtright of Company K, 13th Regiment GVI, December 19, 1862, mentions shelling around Port Royal, Virginia, and the death of George Brooks, also of Company K. The February 10, 1865, letter, from Captain D. A. Kidd, informs Mrs. B. M. Curtright of her son's death at Petersburg, Virginia. The remainder of the collection consists of an 1842 travel diary and business and legal papers.

DART FAMILY CIVIL WAR PAPERS

Reference: ac 65-018, mf 158; Drawer 174, Box 54

This folder contains courtship letters written between Horace Dart and Harriet Ashcraft. Horace served in the 4th Regiment GVC (Clinch's) and 26th Regiment GVI. Topics include the Battle of the Wilderness, the Chancellorsville Campaign, and the Spotsylvania Campaign.

DAVID/ROGERS FAMILY CIVIL WAR PAPERS, 1862 & 1865

Reference: ac 65-291, mf 249

This four-item collection contains one letter from James M. David of the Company G, 43rd Regiment GVI, about conditions in Atlanta. This collection includes a contract between Haden J. David and freedmen (Robert, Jacob, and others), 1865, as well as Oaths of Allegiance, 1865, made by William T. Rogers and John Blake Rogers of Cobb's Legion.

JEREMIAH JEFFERSON DAVIS

Reference: ac 00-237, mf 127

This folder primarily consists of letters, 1861–1863, to Davis's relatives in Alabama while serving in Company F, 6th Alabama Infantry Regiment. One letter describes the 1st Battle of Bull Run. Also included are two letters by his brother Joseph and a list of birth dates of slave women and children.

CAPTAIN M. H. DIXON CIVIL WAR DIARY

Reference: ac 00-090, mf 290; Drawer 283, Box 23

Mumford H. Dixon served as an officer in Company H, 18th Arkansas Infantry Regiment, which later became the 3rd Confederate Infantry Regiment. In 1864, he was captured at the Battle of Jonesboro, Georgia, exchanged, and captured again at the Battle of Franklin, Tennessee. He was imprisoned in Louisville, Kentucky and on Johnson's Island, Ohio. His diary, May to December 1864, discusses the replacement of General Joseph E. Johnston by General John B. Hood, the defense of Atlanta, and Hood's Tennessee Campaign.

JULIUS L. DOWDA DIARY

Reference: ac 70-069, mf 159; Drawer 283, Box 24 and Drawer 199, Box 66

This collection contains a two-volume diary from May 10, 1862, to January 10, 1864. Dowda served in Company F, 3rd Regiment GVC.

MARY JOE DOWNER INCOMING FAMILY LETTERS AND PAPERS, 1860–1877

Reference: ac 70-054, mf 572

This three-folder collection contains extensive incoming letters and typescripts to school-aged Mary Joe in Cedartown, Georgia, from family and friends in Rome, Georgia, Huntsville, Marion, and Tuskegee, Alabama, and many other places, concerning domestic and school news and activities. A few of the 1877 letters are from sisters Lucy and Sallie in Cedartown to Mary Joe after her marriage. Includes letters from Edward Downer to his mother from a camp of the Sumter Artillery, 11th Battalion Georgia Artillery, January 9, 1863. Available as a photocopy only.

JEANNE HUMPHRIES DUMBLETON COLLECTION

Reference: ac 90-19, 05-31

This collection contains letters by Thomas K. Campbell of the 2nd Battalion Georgia State Troops.

BERRIEN W. DURDEN FAMILY CIVIL WAR PAPERS

Reference: ac 92-009, 2131-01c

This five-folder collection consists of letters between Berry W. Durden of Company L, Cobb's Legion Georgia Cavalry, his wife, Jane Rountree Durden, and his brother, Dennis of Company H, 48th Regiment GVI, during 1863 and 1864. Jane wrote about farming and family.

ERWIN J. ELDRIDGE CIVIL WAR LETTERS

Reference: ac 72-076, 2169-04a

Dr. Eldridge served as a surgeon with the 16th Regiment GVI and then Cobb's Legion, serving in Virginia, Atlanta, and Macon, Georgia. He later served as chief surgeon in the Georgia Reserves. This collection consists of four letters with the last dated 1865 from Macon, Georgia.

HENRY ELY CIVIL WAR LETTER

Reference: ac 71-380, mf 627

This collection consists of one letter by a Union soldier, probably in the 19th Ohio Infantry during the Atlanta Campaign, August 21, 1864.

JAMES A. ENGELHARD, AAG, CIVIL WAR ARMY ORDERS, 1864

Reference: ac 00-272, mf 181

This collection of three items consists of orders from Major General Cadmus M. Wilcox about target practice for the soldiers in his division which included the 14th, 35th, 45 th, and 49th Regiments GVI.

JOHN ERSKINE CIVIL WAR LETTER, 1864

Reference: ac 00-241, mf 131

This collection consists of one letter to Franklin P. Brown, son of Governor Joseph E. Brown, in Milledgeville, 1864. John Erskine was a member of the Georgia Militia and comments that General Finegan has given the Yankees a good drubbing in East Florida. Additional correspondence from Erskine is filed with the papers of Governor Brown and the Georgia Adjutant and Inspector General, Henry C. Wayne, 1861–1865.

DAVID LUMPKIN EUBANKS

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-1, Box 9, location: 3338-05

This collection contains the reminiscences of David Lumpkin Eubanks of Company B, 28th Regiment GVI.

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS WHO LOST LIMBS AND TO WHOM PAYMENTS WERE MADE FROM, 1883–1886

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-3, Box 10, location: 3342-01

This collection contains a list of Confederate amputees.

GABRIEL FARMER FAMILY CIVIL WAR LETTERS, 1861–1866

Reference: ac 79-145, 2131-04c

This seventy-five item collection contains the letters of Gabriel Farmer, 26th Georgia Regiment Volunteer Infantry. He wrote from Camp Stills, St. Simons Island and Wayne County, Georgia in 1861–1862. A few letters are from his cousins William T. Farmer and E. N. Farmer, at one time stationed at Resaca with Company F, 2nd Regiment Georgia State Line. The letters describe Civil War camp conditions and reflect concerns about food, clothing, and health. Available only as a photocopy.

FEARS/BALLARD/BOYD FAMILY PAPERS

Reference: ac 78-366, 2132-04b

This folder contains a document detailing a Civil War military hospital diet. Other papers document agriculture in Georgia and 19th century family life. Included are lists of slaves owned by the Fears and Boyd families and Croft family information.

THOMAS E. FELL

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-1, Box 10, location: 3338-05

This collection contains the reminiscences of Thomas E. Fell of Company B, 3rd Regiment GVI.

LOUISA WARREN PARCH FLETCHER (MRS. DIX) JOURNAL, 1857–1884

Reference: ac 74-299, 2410-01b

This private journal reflects Louisa's activities as a hotel landlady and mother of three daughters. She also wrote about her husband's farm, her reading, occupation of Marietta, Georgia, by union troops, and travels to visit Northern relatives in 1865. A list of characters and an index are included. Available only as a photocopy.

FLOYD LEGION, GEORGIA STATE GUARDS

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-2, Box 8, location: 3342-10

This collection contains letters written by A. R. Jones.

THOMAS P. FORRESTER CIVIL WAR LETTERS, 1861–1864

Reference: ac 64-022b, mf 162

This collection consists of nineteen letters to his sisters while Forrester was serving in the 23rd Regiment GVI. One letter is from Joseph Sanford Simmons, assistant surgeon with the 6th Battalion Florida Volunteer Infantry.

FORT PULASKI, GEORGIA

Reference: CWM, RG 57-1-3, Box 10, location: 3342-01

This collection contains a roll of prisoners of war captured at Fort Pulaski, Georgia, April 11, 1862.

ADOLPHUS SHERRARD FOWLER, M.D., CIVIL WAR PAPERS

Reference: ac 47-008, mf 161

This collection of twenty-two items primarily contains letters from Fowler while he served as surgeon in the 39th Regiment GVI. Other papers relate to the Army sanitary reports and election returns.

GEORGE THORNTON FOWLER COLLECTION

Reference: ac 64-125, mf 154; Drawer 15, Box 72 and Drawer 283, Box 25

This collection of seventy items contains military records and over forty letters from George T. Fowler of Company E, 1st Regiment Georgia Infantry State Line; two letters, April 1863, from Francis M. Cowen of Company E, 1st Regiment Georgia Infantry State Line; one letter, November 10, 1862, from Washington A. Fowler of Company G, 42nd Regiment GVI; three letters, late 1863 and April 1864, from Lowry P. Gillespie of Company A, 22nd Regiment GVI; two letters, April 1863, from Benjamin Martin and James A. Palmore of Company E, 1st Regiment Georgia Infantry State Line; and two letters, March and April 1863, by Almon Phillips of Company C, 42nd Regiment