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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental Histories

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

3rd Regiment of Georgia Volunteer Infantry history

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS438f
Scope and Content

This collection contains a photocopy of a handwritten document "Condensed History of the Campaigns of the 3rd Regiment of Georgia Volunteer Infantry," by Charles H. Andrews.

Dates: approximately 1885

John White Geary letters

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.mss55
Scope and Content

These papers consist mainly of photocopies (and some transcriptions) of letters written by John W. Geary to his second wife, Mary Geary, while he served in the Union Army during the Civil War between 1861 and 1865. Some letters predate the war, and others are written by John's son, Edward R. Geary, and sent to his stepmother Mary. The collection also includes an index of correspondence and information on the corps that Geary led.

Dates: 1858-1865, 1977, undated; Majority of material found within 1858 - 1865

Kimble family papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS785f
Scope and Content

This collection contains a history of the Butler Van Guards, a Confederate infantry unit, and Kimble family genealogy.

Dates: undated

Transcription of John Barnett letter

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS20f
Scope and Content

This collection is a transcription of a letter written by John Barnett, a soldier in the Wisconsin 25th Infantry to "Brother Tom." The letter was written near Gainesville, Georgia. He describes movements across the Chattahoochee River to Kennesaw Mountain and on to Resaca. Date of transcription is unknown but definitely before 1956.

Dates: 1864 October 26