Georgia. Militia
Organization
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Antebellum and Civil War Collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS645
Scope and Contents of the Records
This is a collection of documents, most of which chronicle the history of the American Civil War, particularly the Atlanta Campaign. In addition, there are several documents which reflect the history of the Antebellum South, including African American slavery. The collection includes letters, diaries, special orders, pardons, requisitions, poems, pamphlets, newspapers, personal narratives, biographies, circulars, broadsides, muster rolls, currency, bibles, research papers, and other private...
Dates:
1832-1935, undated
Benjamin T. Hunter papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS179f
Scope and Content
This collection contains Benjamin T. Hunter's diary, in which he wrote extensively about the weather, his school, hunting, Civil War battles, drilling and camp life with the local militia, the cost of items he had purchased, and various activities he pursued in his workshop. Also included are military documents in which Hunter is ordered to arrest deserters. There are letters from J. DeWitt Burkhead regarding a teaching position in Athens, Georgia. The collection also contains papers...
Dates:
1861-1869
DuBose family collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1020
Scope and Content
This collection contains the personal and professional papers of the DuBose family and the historical Civil War items they collected. The personal papers pertain to geneaology, correspondence, and DuBose Jr.'s military service in the United States Navy. Also included are manuscripts and presentations written by members of the DuBose family as well as many collected from others about the Civil War.These papers document the DuBose family's interest in the Civil War. There is...
Dates:
1782-2001, undated
DuBose family visual arts materials
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS198
Scope and Content
This collection contains artwork, images, and maps collected by the DuBose family. The artwork pertains to Civil War historical sites and scenes and includes etchings, engravings, drawings, and paintings. Much of the artwork was done by Wilbur G. Kurtz (1882-1967), a family friend, historian, writer, and artist. There are original photographs from the Civil War era in a variety of formats, such as cartes de visite, tintypes, and albumen prints. Photographic subject matter includes military...
Dates:
1783-2007, undated
Holliday Family Civil War Correspondence
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS116
Scope and Content
This collection contains forty-two original letters written by A. T. Holliday to his wife, Elizabeth (Lizy). These letters were written between July 6, 1864 and September 10, 1864 during Mr. Holliday's service in the Georgia Militia in the Atlanta Campaign. Two additional letters in the collection were written by Elizabeth to A. T. Holliday during the same time period. The letters from A.T. include his reports of skirmishes along the Chattahoochee River and behind picket lines surrounding...
Dates:
1863-1864
John A. Fillen Georgia Militia Commission
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS108f
Scope and Contents of the Records
This collection contains a certificate presented to John A. Fillen appointing him Major of the “Atlanta Battalion” of the Georgia Militia. The appointment was made by Georgia Governor, James M. Smith, on July 24, 1874 and is also signed by the Secretary of the Executive Department, J.N. Warren.
Dates:
1874
Volunteer Force of the State of Georgia returns of election
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS607f
Scope and Content
This collection consists of one copy of the Returns of the Election for the positions of Captain, 1st Lieutenant, and 2nd Lieutenant of Company K of the 5th Regiment. Hugh M. Dorsey was elected Captain; Sam H. Howell was elected 1st Lieutenant; and James C. Rathers was elected 2nd Lieutenant. Also listed are the names of 29 men who voted.
Dates:
1900
Winship-Flournoy Family Papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS209
Scope and Content
The bulk of this collection consists of papers and copies of letters, receipts, and other documents amassed by Martha Pearson Cook Winship and her daughter: Anna Eliza Flournoy. The files largely consist of genealogy on the Winship and Flournoy families with sources of information that include newspaper clippings, tributes from United Daughters of the Confederacy, and correspondence. Personal papers in the collection include correspondence, and scrapbook materials. Of particular note is: the...
Dates:
1822-1951
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Atlanta Campaign, 1864 4
- Soldiers -- Georgia -- Correspondence 3
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 3
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 3
- Associations, institutions, etc. -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- History 2
- Cycloramas -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Centennial celebrations, etc. 2
- Military uniforms 2
- Stone Mountain Memorial State Park (Ga.) 2
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Battlefields 2
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns 2
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American 2
- Account books -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- American diaries 1
- Associations, institutions, etc. -- United States 1
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- Maps 1
- Awards -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Bounty hunters -- Georgia 1
- Business records -- Georgia 1
- Capital stock -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Cemeteries -- Georgia -- Marietta 1
- Chattahoochee River 1
- Children -- 1860-1870 1
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 1
- Clothing and dress -- History -- 19th century 1
- Confederate States of America -- Armed Forces -- Uniforms 1
- Elections -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Exhibitions -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Firearms -- Confederate States of America 1
- Genealogy 1
- Georgia -- Genealogy 1
- Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 1
- Historic preservation -- Georgia 1
- Indians of North America 1
- Legal instruments -- Georgia 1
- Military pensions -- United States 1
- New Orleans (La.) 1
- Periodicals 1
- Pickett's Mill Battlefield Historic Site (Ga.) 1
- Quartermasters -- Confederate States of America. 1
- Quartermasters -- United States 1
- Scrapbooks 1
- Sepulchral monuments 1
- Sheet music 1
- Slave bills of sale -- Georgia 1
- Slavery -- Georgia -- History -- 19th century 1
- Slaves -- Georgia -- Fulton County 1
- Soldiers -- Georgia 1
- Speeches, addresses, etc. 1
- Teachers -- Georgia 1
- United States -- Armed Forces -- Uniforms 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Hospitals 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Portraits 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Registers 1
- Vicksburg (Miss.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Centennial celebrations, etc. 1
- War memorials -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Widows -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- World War, 1939-1945 1 + ∧ less
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