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Nathaniel Wiley Harbin Civil War letter
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS136f
Scope and Content
This collection consists of a letter written by Nathaniel Wiley Harbin to his father about the First Battle of Manassas (Bull RUn). Harbin gives an account of the battle, where he acted as a "skirmisher," and describes the rout of the Federal army and the supplies they abandoned during their retreat. Harbin includes a casualty list for his company and writes about the capture of Federal prisoners.
Dates:
1861 July 30
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
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
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
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- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Battlefields 2
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- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Poetry 1
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- Confederate States of America. Army. Georgia Infantry Regiment, 15th. Company H 1
- Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 1
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- Fletcher, Joan F. 1
- Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 1
- Groves, John S. 1
- Harbin, Nathaniel Wiley 1
- Hubbard, Elizabeth Roe, 1830-1917 1
- Lee, Robert E., (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 1
- Methodist Episcopal Church, South. North Georgia Conference 1
- Perry, Fountain 1
- Perry, James S. 1
- Perry, Jenny 1
- Perry, Julia 1
- Perry, Kate E. 1
- Perry, Roderick 1
- Ritchey, Tom 1
- Robinson, Rose 1
- Roe, C. W. G. (Charles William Gilbert), 1826-1863 1
- Roe, Samuel L., 1840-1864 1
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