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Francis Lawton Mobley Papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1008
Scope and Content
The bulk of the collection is a series of letters from Lt. Francis Lawton Mobley to his wife, Rhoda Gaskins Mobley during his time of service in the Civil War. Lt. Mobley illustrates daily camp life for his wife and reports on his general health and well-being. In most letters he reports his current location and the various ailments afflicting the men in his regiment. The most common ailments mentioned were "Brain" fever, chills, measles, mumps, and diarrhea as well as battle field...
Dates:
1861-1916, undated; Majority of material found within 1861 - 1862
Reverend John Wesley Stipe Papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS685f
Scope and Content
This collection consists of genealogical information about John Wesley Stipe as well as typewritten and handwritten memoirs of his childhood, the days of his first marriage, Civil War service, and career as a Methodist Episcopal circuit pastor. His typewritten memoirs describe life in rural antebellum Georgia including such activities as justice courts, log rolling, and corn shucking. Of particular interest are two handwritten journal entries, written in the style of a newspaper series,...
Dates:
1864-2003, undated; Majority of material found within 1864 - 1961
Samuel L. Roe family papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS715f
Scope and Content
This collection consists primarily of letters written by Samuel L. Roe and C.W.G. Roe while the brothers were serving in Company H, 15th Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry, during the United States Civil War. The letters describe troop movements; weather conditions; rations; the lack of adequate shoes, clothing, and pay; and other details regarding living and battle conditions during the war. Of particular interest are comments in the letters about taking "Yankee" prisoners, religious...
Dates:
1841-1875, undated
William M. Standard papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1031
Scope and Content
This collection consists of diaries; correspondence; military records and certificates; newspaper clippings; land deeds; and ephemera pertaining to William M. Standard. The collection also contains a school essay written by Standard's great-great-grandson, Ron Currens, and a 1961 map of Civil War battlefields on which Currens marked the route his ancestor followed during the war. Of particular interest are over 200 letters exchanged between Standard and his wife, Jane, as well...
Dates:
1846-1970, undated
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- Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 1
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- Hubbard, Elizabeth Roe, 1830-1917 1
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- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 1
- McClellan, George B. (George Brinton) 1
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- Mobley, Francis Lawton 1
- Mobley, Rhoda Gaskins 1
- Roe, C. W. G. (Charles William Gilbert), 1826-1863 1
- Roe, Samuel L., 1840-1864 1
- Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 1
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