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Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 52 Collections and/or Records:

Palmetto Guards ephemera

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS265f
Scope and Content

This collection contains a list of men and brief accounts of their service in Company C, 19th Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry, Army of Tennessee, otherwise known as Palmetto Guards, also a muster roll of officers in the unit and a list of men with their birth and death dates. Also included is the minutes of a meeting of Douglas County Confederate veterans held August 6, 1912. Transcriptions of documents are included.

Dates: 1912-1914

Perkerson family papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS699f
Scope and Content This collection contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, and ephemera about the Perkerson family, as well as awards given to Angus Millard Perkerson Jr. and Medora Field Perkerson for their work in journalism. Of particular note is a newspaper article published in Atlanta Journal Constitution Magazine about a letter written by Elizabeth Frances “Lizzie” Perkerson Butler about the impact of the Civil War on her family. She wrote the letter in 1864 but was not...
Dates: 1890-1958, undated

Robert Carr war correspondence

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS756f
Scope and Content This collection primarily contains letters from Robert Carr to his sister, Virginia (1844-1927), and his mother, Sarah. The letters document his time in the Battery F, First Ohio Light Artillery, including a firsthand account of his involvement in Civil War engagements such as the Battle of Shiloh and the United States Army’s capture of John Hunt Morgan. The collection also contains letter from Ripley, Ohio during World War II. The soldier mentioned in the letter is presumably a descendant...
Dates: 1861-1876, 1943, undated

Roderick Perry papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.mss806
Scope and Content

This collection contains letters written by Roderick Perry and his family and friends of Warsaw, Kentucky. Also included are letters to soldiers requesting help from Kate Perry, Perry's adjutant handbook, and business cards of merchants supplying goods to prisioners of war.

Dates: 1841 - 1926

Sons of Confederate Veterans collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS385
Scope and Content

This collection contains organizational records pertaining to the Sons of Confederate Veterans. Included in the collection are programs, correspondence, and invitations.

Dates: 1897-1962, undated

Spiller and Burr Pistol Factory records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS334f
Scope and Content

This collection consists of two letters from "E. Shepperson" about the Spiller and Burr Pistol Factory and a compilation of business letters and agreements written by James Burton and Edward Spiller. The papers include two contracts between the Spiller and Burr Pistol Factory and the Confederacy and correspondence between the two regarding the pistol factory.

Dates: 1863 March 23, undated

Thomas O'Reilly Monument photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS331
Scope and Content

This collection captures the unveiling of the O'Reilly Monument in front of the Atlanta City Hall on the corner of Washington Street and Mitchell Street. The monument was erected by the Atlanta Historical Society.

Dates: 1945 October 18

Transcription of Civil War diary, letters, and booklet of William Rhadamanthus Montgomery

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS242f
Scope and Content

This collection contains a transcription of a diary kept by William Montgomery during the Civil War during 1863-1864. There are also transcriptions of letters he wrote from 1861-1866, and in 1907.

Dates: 1838, 1861-1907

W. C. Sims slave receipt

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS260f
Scope and Content

This collection contains two photo copies of a receipt for the "loan" of an enslaved man named George, belonging to W. C. Sims of Troup County, Georgia, to the Confederate States for military defense in the vicinity of Troup County. The receipt is dated July 2, 1864.

Dates: 1864

Wesley Thomas Hargrett collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS780f
Scope and Content

This collection contains correspondence, articles, and ephemera compiled by Wesley Thomas Hargrett. Of particular note are letters that reference slavery in the South and everyday life in the 19th century. Other items of note include pay vouchers for members of the armed services in the United States and England.

Dates: 1794-1918, undated

Wilbur G Kurtz, Sr. visual arts collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS197
Scope and Content This collection contains the family photographs of the Kurtz and Fuller families as well as visual materials Kurtz created and collected during the course of his career. Family photographs pertain to Kurtz and Fuller families as well as a few images from Annie Pye Kurtz prior to her marriage to Wilbur Sr. Also included are images of Wilbur Sr. and friends during his time in Chicago, Illinois. The bulk of this collection is photographic materials which support the research and field work...
Dates: 1859-1972, undated

William Fort Williams papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS900f
Scope and Content

This collection contains school items from Atlanta High School, Civil War correspondence, teaching certifications, and membership cards for various societies to which William Fort Williams belonged. Materials about and from the Williams family include a family tree and genealogy documentation, an Atlanta Cyclorama pamphlet, a court petition and legal guardianship documents, and correspondence.

Dates: 1857-1952, undated