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Civil unrest in Camilla, Georgia, 1868 : Reconstruction, republicanism, and race

Records of the Freedman's Bureau documenting the 1868 Camilla Massacre.

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Creator
United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands

Contributor to Resource
United States. National Archives and Records Administration.

Publisher
Original records: United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands records, 1861-1879, National Archives and Records Administration.

Date of Original
1868

Subject
Republican Party (Ga.)--History--19th century
United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands--Archives
Republican Party (Ga.)--Public opinion
Freedmen--Georgia--Political activity--Sources
Freedmen--Georgia--Violence against--Sources
Public opinion--Georgia
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Georgia--Sources
Political violence--Georgia--Camilla--Sources
Georgia--History--1865- --Sources
Georgia--Politics and government--1865-1950
Mitchell County (Ga.)--Politics and government
Mitchell County (Ga.)--Race relations

Location
United States, Georgia, Mitchell County, Camilla, 31.23129, -84.21046

Medium
affidavits
clippings (information artifacts)
correspondence
legal documents
legal instruments
letters (correspondence)
official reports
records (documents)
reports
texts (document genres)

Type
Text

Description
The Civil Unrest in Camilla, Georgia, 1868 collection, located at the DeSoto Trail Library and comprised of photostatic copies from the Freedman's Bureau records held by the National Archives of the United States, consists of letters, affidavits, reports and a newspaper clipping relating to a violent episode in Camilla, Georgia, in 1868 involving local republicans, freedmen, and townspeople.

Metadata URL
https://dlg.usg.edu/collection/dlg_zlcu

Language
eng

Holding Institution
De Soto Trail Regional Library System

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1. Full Text Letter: Superior Courts of the South Georgia Judicial Circuit: Baker, Calhoun, Grady and Mitchell counties to the Desoto Trail Regional Library, Camilla, Georgia, [1970?]

Creator:: Culpepper, Robert, Jr.
Date of Original:: 1970
Collection:: Civil Unrest in Camilla, Georgia, 1868 : Reconstruction, Republicanism, and Race
Holding Institution:: De Soto Trail Regional Library System

2. Full Text Letter: Atlanta, Georgia, to Major General Oliver Otis Howard, Washington, D.C, 1868 Oct. 12

Creator:: Sibley, Caleb Chase, 1806-1875
Date of Original:: 1868-10-12
Collection:: Civil Unrest in Camilla, Georgia, 1868 : Reconstruction, Republicanism, and Race
Holding Institution:: De Soto Trail Regional Library System

3. Full Text Letter: Washington, D.C., to Secretary of War John M. Schofield, Washington, D.C., 1868 Oct. 9

Creator:: Howard, O. O. (Oliver Otis), 1830-1909
Date of Original:: 1868-10-09
Collection:: Civil Unrest in Camilla, Georgia, 1868 : Reconstruction, Republicanism, and Race
Holding Institution:: De Soto Trail Regional Library System

4. Full Text Letter: Atlanta, Georgia, to Major General Oliver Otis Howard, Washington, D.C., 1868 Oct. 6

Creator:: Sibley, Caleb Chase, 1806-1875
Date of Original:: 1868-10-06
Collection:: Civil Unrest in Camilla, Georgia, 1868 : Reconstruction, Republicanism, and Race
Holding Institution:: De Soto Trail Regional Library System

5. Full Text Affidavit of Maria Jones: Albany, Georgia, 1868 Oct. 5

Creator:: Howard, O. H.
Date of Original:: 1868-10-05
Collection:: Civil Unrest in Camilla, Georgia, 1868 : Reconstruction, Republicanism, and Race
Holding Institution:: De Soto Trail Regional Library System

6. Full Text Letter: Headquarters, Department of the South, Atlanta, Georgia, to General U[lysses] S. [Grant], Washington, D.C., 1868 Oct. 3

Creator:: Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872
Date of Original:: 1868-10-03
Collection:: Civil Unrest in Camilla, Georgia, 1868 : Reconstruction, Republicanism, and Race
Holding Institution:: De Soto Trail Regional Library System

7. Full Text Letter: [Headquarters, Department of the South, Atlanta, Georgia] to Governor [Rufus B. Bullock], Atlanta, Georgia, [1868 Oct. 2]

Creator:: Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872
Date of Original:: 1868-10-02
Collection:: Civil Unrest in Camilla, Georgia, 1868 : Reconstruction, Republicanism, and Race
Holding Institution:: De Soto Trail Regional Library System

8. Full Text Letter: Albany, Georgia, to John Randolph Lewis, Albany, Georgia, 1868 Oct. 1

Creator:: Raushenberg, Christian
Date of Original:: 1868-10-01
Collection:: Civil Unrest in Camilla, Georgia, 1868 : Reconstruction, Republicanism, and Race
Holding Institution:: De Soto Trail Regional Library System

9. Full Text Letter: Albany, Georgia, to Brevet Brigadier-General R.C. Drum, Assistant Adjutant General, Department of the South, McPherson Barracks, Atlanta, Georgia, 1868 Sept. 29

Creator:: Mills, William, fl. 1868
Date of Original:: 1868-09-29
Collection:: Civil Unrest in Camilla, Georgia, 1868 : Reconstruction, Republicanism, and Race
Holding Institution:: De Soto Trail Regional Library System

10. Full Text Affidavit of Lochran Hunter: Randolph County, Georgia, 1868 Sept. 28

Date of Original:: 1868-09-28
Collection:: Civil Unrest in Camilla, Georgia, 1868 : Reconstruction, Republicanism, and Race
Holding Institution:: De Soto Trail Regional Library System

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