- Collection:
- America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia
- Title:
- James L. Bryant Civil War letter, 1864 June 8
- Creator:
- Bryant, James L., b. 1841
- Date of Original:
- 1864-06-08
- Subject:
- Marietta (Ga.)--History
Atlanta Campaign, 1864
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives - People:
- Entwistle, Henry
Grover, John - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Cobb County, Marietta, 33.9526, -84.54993
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798 - Medium:
- correspondence
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/x-djvu
application/pdf - Description:
- This collection contains one letter dated June 8, 1864. It was written from James L. Bryant to his parents from his position outside Marietta, Georgia. He writes that the Federal Army does not yet have control of Marietta, but they expect to take the city before they continue marching towards Atlanta, Georgia. He describes talking with Confederate soldiers at the picket lines and explains their strange way of speaking by quoting their conversations briefly. He writes that the land in Georgia is good because it provides fruit to supplement his rations, but that the terrain is dangerous because the woods provide cover for the Confederate soldiers. In this letter he conveys news of fellow Company C soldiers Henry Entwistle and John N. Grover to their families also living in Framingham County, Massachusetts.
Processing Information: Collection reprocessed in 2009
James L. Bryant (1841-?) was one of seven children born to Benjamin and Francis Bryant in New Hampshire. In 1860, he lived in Middlesex in Framingham County, Massachusetts. James enlisted as a Union soldier in Company C, 33rd Regiment of the Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. This regiment participated in the siege and occupation of Atlanta and General Sherman's March to the Sea. James survived the war and married Eliza A. Bryant in 1867. Additional biographical information about James L. Bryant 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_ahc0652f-001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ahc/turningpoint/do:ahc0652f-001
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S. Code) Permission for use must be cleared through the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
This collection is open for research. - Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: James L. Bryant Civil War letter, MSS 652f, James G. Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center., as presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Original Collection:
- James L. Bryant Civil War letter, MSS 652f, James G. Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center.
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
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