Confederate Soldiers' Home of Georgia
Organization
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Bruce & Morgan architectural specifications
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS877f
Scope and Content
This collection contains architectural specifications for the rebuilding of the Confederate Soldier's Home of Georgia in Atlanta. The plan was produced by the Bruce and Morgan Architectural Firm and sent to a building committee for approval.
Dates:
1902
Calhoun family papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS50
Scope and Content
The Calhoun family papers consist of correspondence, newspaper clippings, military papers, and family history. The primary contributors to the collection are James Montgomery Calhoun and his son, William Lowndes Calhoun. Notable items in the collection include an undated Calhoun family history, a personal account of Sherman’s siege of Atlanta by Robert Henderson, a family Bible, a handwritten copy of the affidavit of James M. Calhoun regarding the surrender of Atlanta, and a floor plan of...
Dates:
1834-1960, undated
Colonel Thomas Spencer photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS459
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photographs taken by Colonel Thomas Spencer of buildings and sites related to the American Civil War, largely the Battle of Chickamauga and battlesites in the Atlanta Campaign. Most of the photographs were taken in Georgia, with some in Tennessee and Alabama. Many buildings depicted served as headquarters and hospitals of one or both armies during the Civil War. This collection also contains photographs of historical markers, maps, and confederate flags. In addition...
Dates:
1950-1954, undated
Confederate Soldier's Home of Georgia Register of Inmates
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS7
Scope and Contents of the Records
The collection consists of over 700 typed pages of information about residents of the Confederate Soldier’s Home of Georgia. The list of inmates represented in this collection is not comprehensive. The information was copied from three registers kept at the Home between 1901 and 1941 and each page contains vital records and history of military service. Information about each veteran includes name, date and place of birth, unit and rank, date of capture, surrender, or injury, date of entry...
Dates:
undated
Lorena Pace Pruitt collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS493
Scope and Content
This collection contains Confederate Soldiers Home administrative materials, a few personal papers, and a scrapbook. The scrapbook contains materials pertaining to the Confederate Soldiers Home and the Georgia State Patrol. Personal papers include a copy of the Civil War record of Mrs. Pruitt's grandfather, Green B. Bentley.
Dates:
1932-1982, undated
Lucy Stockard photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS446
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photographs of Lucy Stockard and her activities with the Old Guard of the Gate City Guard of Atlanta, a veterans organization. There are also several photos of Ponce de Leon Park (also known as Spiller Field) in Atlanta, Georgia, and the Confederate Soldiers' Home, also known as the Confederate Veterans' Home. Many of the photographs include additional information on the backside of the photos, and several were taken by Atlanta...
Dates:
approximately 1910-1950, undated
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- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 3
- Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 2
- Architect-designed houses 1
- Atlanta (Ga.) 1
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- History 1
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- Politics and government 1
- Atlanta Campaign, 1864 1
- Balls (Parties) -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Baseball -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Battlefield monuments -- Georgia -- Chickamauga 1
- Chickamauga (Ga.) 1
- Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park (Ga. and Tenn.) 1
- Chickamauga, Battle of, Ga., 1863 1
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 1
- Confederate States of America -- History, Military 1
- Debutantes -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Fulton County (Ga.) -- History 1
- Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans 1
- Grant Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Military camps -- Georgia -- Chickamauga 1
- Military history 1
- Military uniforms 1
- Ponce de Leon Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Portrait photography 1
- Scrapbooks -- Georgia 1
- Soldiers' homes -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Battlefields 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Registers 1
- Veterans' hospitals -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Women -- Societies and clubs 1 + ∧ less
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