Hood, John Bell, 1831-1879
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1831 - 1879
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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
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
Filtered By
- Subject: Atlanta Campaign, 1864 X
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- Atlanta (Ga.) -- History 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
- 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 -- Equipment and supplies 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 1 + ∧ less
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