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Curtis J. Hill enlistment record

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS728f
Scope and Content

This collection consists of an enlistment document declaring Curtis J. Hill's intent to enlist as a soldier in the army of the State of Georgia for a period of three years. The document is signed by the commanding officer of the 1st Georgia Regulars, Captain William J. Magill, and includes Hill's mark (in lieu of signature) and physical description.

Dates: 19 March 1861

D. C. Colley funeral invitation

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Collection number: ahc.MSS68f
Scope and Content

The collection contains a hand written funeral invitation for Lieutenant D. C. Colley who served in Company G, 61st Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry. According to Mr. Colley's great-niece the invitation was shown door-to-door on a silver plate by a servant.

Dates: 1863

D. M. Russell Civil War letter

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS297f
Scope and Content This collection consists of a letter written by Russell to his mother about a recent battle, likely one of the Seven Days Battles in Virginia. Russell mentions that he was wounded during the fighting and his company was particularly hard hit. He lists the names of four dead soldiers and those badly injured, observing that of the twenty-five men in his company only three escaped injury. He tells his mother that he was injured near the end of the battle when the fortifications were captured...
Dates: 1862 July 9

David G. Godwin letters

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Collection number: ahc.MSS122f
Scope and Content

This collection contains letters written by David G. Godwin to his wife and to an unidentified individual called "Dr. G." He writes about the secession of Tennessee, the fall of Fort Henry, Tennessee, troop movements, skirmishes with the enemy, sickness among the soldiers, religious revivals in the camp, his thoughts on soldiers and deserters, camp life, and the removal of General Joseph E. Johnson from command.

Dates: 1861-1864, undated

David Gilmer Watts and Clara Watts papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS248
Scope and Content This collection primarily consists of letters written between Clara and Gilmer Watts between August 1862 and July 1864. Her letters deal with her management of the family and her new occupation as a teacher. Clara’s letters also include her encouragement of Gilmer’s desire to become a preacher, as well as occasionally soliciting his advice. Gilmer writes about his sicknesses, poor rations, sporadic pay, and vagaries of camp life. His letters document his unit’s movements through Kentucky and...
Dates: 1855- 1889 ; Majority of material found within 1862 - 1864

Davidson Family papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS78
Scope and Content The majority of this collection consists of correspondence between John and Julia Davidson before and during the Civil War. The letters capture a sense of their courtship prior to their wedding in 1855, as well as the physical and spiritual challenges John faced as a soldier in the Confederate Army and those Julia endured in the besieged city of Atlanta. The collection contains several letters written by John Davidson to Julia’s parents who lived in Atlanta and were the proprietors of...
Dates: 1851-1970, bulk 1861-1865

Davidson-Terry families correspondence

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Collection number: ahc.MSS87f
Scope and Content

This collection consists of photocopies of letters written by A. W. Davidson, James Gunter, E. G. Davidson, Peter Terry, Mary Davidson, and John Terry from various locations in Virginia, Alabama, and Georgia. Letters were written primarily during the Civil War. Some letters are illegible.

Dates: 1861-1865

Davis-Quillin family correspondence

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Collection number: ahc.MSS90f
Scope and Content

This collection contains photocopies of letters and transcriptions from members of the Quillin and Davis family during the Civil War.

Dates: 1864-1865

Dr. Samuel Hollingsworth Stout correspondence

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Collection number: ahc.MSS342f
Scope and Content

This collection contains correspondence from Dr. Samuel Hollingsworth Stout, Medical Director of the Army of Tennessee. Many of the letters were written during the Civil War in connection with military medicine.

Dates: 1860-1902

DuBose family collection

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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

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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

Dwight S. Allen Civil War letters

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Collection number: ahc.MSS549f
Scope and Content This collection consists of two envelopes and three letters written by Dwight S. Allen during the Atlanta Campaign. One letter, addressed to his sister "Mary," informs her that there has been no change in position, although his company has orders to be prepared to move within three days. He tells "Mary" that he thinks the "reb" position is being flanked by other soldiers, and reports that the company is healthy. In another letter, addressed to his parents, brother, and sister, Allen writes...
Dates: 1864 June-August

E. R. Perry Civil War letter

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Collection number: ahc.MSS267f
Scope and Content

This collection contains a photo copy of a letter written by Union soldier E. R. Perry to his aunt in New Hope, Pennsylvania, on November 23, 1863 from Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, Massachusetts. The letter mentions captured officers from the "rebel ram Atlanta", now prisoners of war.

Dates: 1863

Edwards family collection

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Collection number: ahc.MSS345
Scope and Content

This collection is primarily comprised of genealogy and family records pertaining to the Edwards family. Included in the collection are family histories, biographical sketches, correspondence, and newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1714-1975, undated

Elisha Hunt Civil War passes

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Collection number: ahc.MSS178f
Scope and Content

This collection contains four passes which allowed Elisha Hunt to travel past Union military cordons in various locations, including Altoona, Tennessee; Louisville, Kentucky; Cleveland, Tennessee; and Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Dates: 1864 June-August

Eliza and Waldo Jones family and genealogical papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS1107
Scope and Content

Eliza Jones accumulated this collection to document the genealogy of her extended families as well that of her husband, Waldo Jones. Materials include correspondence that documents her daily life and views, financial records, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and diaries. The collection also contains papers from her and Waldo Jones's extended family. Families represented include the Woolford, Grant, Slaton, Harris, Fitz-Randolph, Martin, Waldo, Winslow, Felder, and Jackson families.

Dates: 1789-1992, undated; Majority of material found within 1860 - 1970

Ella May Powell scrapbooks

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Collection number: ahc.MSS467f
Scope and Content This collection contains a scrapbook and scrapbook fragments. Materials collected in the scrapbook include poetry, newspaper clippings, speeches, DeGive's Opera House programs, an 1885 edition of the Sunny South, and documentation about the life of Powell's father, Fielding Travis Powell. Of particular note are documents on Powell's advocacy of Confederate Monuments and the suffragist movement, two medicine recipes, and an image of the Georgia College of...
Dates: 1847-1962, undated

Ellet, Cabell, and Hopkins families photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS29
Scope and Content

This collection consists of portraits of members of the Ellet, Cabell, and Hopkins families. The portrait of Mary Virginia Ellet Cabell (VIS 29.8) was produced by Marcus Aurelius Root (1808-1888), a well-known daguerreian, who worked primarily in Philadelphia and New York. Some of the albumen cards were produced by Linnie Condon, a late nineteenth century female photographer working in Atlanta, Georgia.

Dates: approximately 1850-1880, undated

Emily Jane Winkler Bealer diary

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Collection number: ahc.MSS814f
Scope and Content

This collection contains Emily Jane Winkler Bealer's diary in which she reflects on domestic life as an impoverished widow during Reconstruction in Atlanta. Topics include raising and educating her children, financial and business affairs, and social and church life. The collection also includes a typed transcript and biographical notes written by Bealer's great-granddaughter, Emily Bealer Calhoun II. These notes contain research on people and businesses referenced in the diary.

Dates: 1876-1886, approximately 1975

Emma Calhoun Connally papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS70f
Scope and Content

This collection includes envelopes; a Revolutionary War Claim signed by Secretary of War John C. Calhoun; a letter to Mr. T. A. Hill from T. N. Wall regarding Union soldiers taking a fortification held by two Alabama regiments; and a letter to Emma Calhoun concerning genealogy of the Massey family.

Dates: 1819-1940

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Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 12
Lee, Robert E., (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 10
Atlanta Cyclorama (Atlanta, Ga.) 8
Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891 8
Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949 8
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Brown, Joseph E. (Joseph Emerson), 1821-1894 5
Confederate States of America. Army 5
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 5
Georgia. Militia 5
Kurtz, Wilbur G. (Wilbur George), 1882-1967 5
United Daughters of the Confederacy 5
Confederate Soldiers' Home of Georgia 4
Gable, Clark, 1901-1960 4
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 4
Junior League of Atlanta 4
Leigh, Vivien 4
Atlanta Cyclorama & Civil War Museum. 3
Atlanta Historical Society 3
Civil War Round Table, Atlanta 3
Confederate States of America. Army. Cobb's Legion 3
Confederate States of America. Navy 3
Daughters of the American Revolution 3
De Havilland, Olivia 3
DuBose, Beverly M., 1918-1986 3
Fuller family 3
Fuller, William Allen 3
Grant, Lemuel Pratt 3
Hood, John Bell 3
Kurtz, Annie Laurie Fuller, 1884-1946 3
Oakland Cemetery (Atlanta, Ga.) 3
Stephens, Alexander H. (Alexander Hamilton), 1812-1883 3
Western and Atlantic Railroad Company 3
Atlanta (Ga.). Department of Parks and Recreation 2
Atlanta and West Point Rail Road Company 2
Avary, Myrta Lockett 2
Bomar family 2
Bomar, Benjamin F. 2
Bomar, Thomas 2
Brown family 2
Calhoun, James Montgomery 2
Carnegie, Andrew 2
Cobb family 2
Confederate States of America. Army. Georgia Infantry Regiment, 6th 2
Confederate States of America. Army. Georgia Infantry Regiment, 7th 2
Daniel, George Hewitt 2
Davidson family 2
DeGress, Francis, 1840-1883 2
DuBose Family 2
DuBose, Beverly Means, 1886-1953 2
DuBose, Duffie (Frances Henley Woodruff), 1919-2015 2
Dubose, Beverly Means 2
Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 1821-1877 2
Grant family 2
Hall family 2
Hampton, Wade 2
Harris, Joel Chandler, 1848-1908 2
Howell, Evan P. (Evan Park) 2
Jackson, Stonewall 2
Johnston, Albert Sidney 2
Jones family 2
Kerksis, Sydney C. 2
Killian family 2
Kurtz, Wilbur, 1912-1991 2
Ladies' Memorial Association 2
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 2
Loew's Grand Theatre (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
Lombard, Carole 2
Longstreet, James, 1821-1904 2
Marsh, John R. (John Robert) 2
Morgan, John Hunt 2
Pomeroy, Charles R., Jr. 2
Richards, Samuel P. 2
Selznick, David O. 2
Smith family 2
Sons of Confederate Veterans (Organization) 2
Spalding, Mary Connally, 1877-1953 2
Stanley, Henry S. 2
United States. Army 2
United States. Army of the Cumberland 2
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United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 33rd (1861-1865) 2
United States. Navy. 2
Wren's Nest (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
Aircraft Warning Service (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Akin, Warren, 1811-1877 1
Alexander, Cecil A., 1918-2013 1
Alexander, Rebecca Ella Solomons, 1854-1938 1
Allen family 1
Allen, Dwight S., 1843-1908 1
American Red Cross 1
Anderson, Zachery T. 1
Andersonville Prison 1
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Andrews, Charles H. (Charles Haynes), 1835-1905 1
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Anthony, Mark 1
Ard, Joseph U. 1
Armestead, Walter S. 1
Armstrong, Adolphus 1
Ashley, John T. 1
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