- Collection:
- America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia
- Title:
- John T. Cameron civil war papers, 1862-1865
- Creator:
- Cameron, John T., b. 1836
- Publisher:
- [identification of item(s)], John T. Cameron civil war papers, MSS 49F, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center.
- Date of Original:
- 1862/1865
- Subject:
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States. Army. Iowa Infantry Regiment, 39th (1861-1865) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/x-djvu
application/pdf - Description:
- This collection contains five orders assigning Sergeant Cameron to various duties. Three of the five orders were written in Georgia in 1864 and 1865. There is also a certificate of discharge written in June 1865 in Washington, D.C.
Processing Information: recordreprocessed in 2008
John T. Cameron was born in 1836 in Virginia to John and Nancy Cameron. During the Civil War, he served as a Sergeant in the 39th Regiment of the Iowa Infantry Volunteers. He enrolled in service on August 20, 1862. He saw duty in Georgia in 1864, and he was discharged on June 5, 1865 in Washington, D.C. Prior to the war, he married Rachel (last name unknown), who was born in Ohio in 1834. In 1880, the couple lived in Howard County, Iowa, where Cameron worked as a wheat buyer. Additional biographical information has not been determined.
America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia received support from a Digitizing Historical Records grant awarded to the Atlanta History Center, Georgia Historical Society, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, and the Digital Library of Georgia by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_turningpoint_ahc0049f-001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ahc/turningpoint/do:ahc0049f-001
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. All requests to publish, quote, or reproduce must be submitted through the Kenan Research Center.
This collection is open for research. - Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [identification of item(s)], John T. Cameron civil war papers, MSS 49F, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center, as presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
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