Hood, John Bell, 1831-1879
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1831 - 1879
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
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
Confederate States of America Quartermaster Department, Atlanta Depot records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1274
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the records are requisitions for clothing, accoutrements, forage, and other quartermaster supplies sent to the Army of Tennessee before, during, and after the Atlanta Campaign of 1864. Also included are payment records for military officers and purchases of services and provisions from civilian contractors in Atlanta, Georgia; Augusta, Georgia; Knoxville, Tennessee; and Richmond, Virginia. Most of the records were approved and signed by Quartermaster Henry Thomas Massengale...
Dates:
1859-1865, undated
David G. Godwin letters
Collection
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
Hosea Garrett, Jr. civil war letters
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS119f
Scope and Content
This collection contains two transcribed letters. The first letter of the collection was written by Hosea Garrett, Jr. to his uncle, Reverend Hosea Garrett, on August 1, 1864. This letter provides a detailed account of the Atlanta Campaign, and the fighting that occurred on July 27, 1864. In his account, Garrett notes that not only were Confederate troops far outnumbered, but General Walker was also killed early in the battle, making the troops disorganized and ineffective. Due to their lack...
Dates:
1864
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- Atlanta Campaign, 1864 2
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons 2
- Atlanta (Ga.) 1
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- History 1
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- Politics and government 1
- Augusta (Ga.) -- History 1
- Camp Douglas (Ill.) 1
- Confederate States of America -- Armed Forces -- Equipment 1
- Confederate States of America -- Armed Forces -- Officers 1
- Confederate States of America -- Armed Forces -- Uniforms 1
- Enslaved persons -- Confederate States of America 1
- Fulton County (Ga.) -- History 1
- Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- Knoxville (Tenn.) -- History 1
- Money -- Confederate States of America 1
- Prisoners of war -- Georgia -- Andersonville 1
- Quartermasters -- Confederate States of America. 1
- Railroad engineering -- Georgia 1
- Requisitions, Military 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Equipment and supplies 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate 1 + ∧ less
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