- Collection:
- America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia
- Title:
- John K. Murdoch letter, 1864 March 6
- Creator:
- Murdoch, A. A.
- Contributor to Resource:
- Murdoch, Mary
- Publisher:
- John K. Murdoch letter, MSS 671f, Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center.
- Date of Original:
- 1864-03-06
- Subject:
- United States. Marine Corps
Ithaca (N.Y.)--History
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives - People:
- Murdoch, E. N.
Murdoch, John K. - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- correspondence
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
image/x-djvu - Description:
- This collection consists of a letter to John K. Murdoch from his parents and sister in Ithaca, New York. The letter discusses the health and activities of family and friends; civic affairs, including an election in which a candidate purchased votes for two dollars; and the return of the bodies of dead soldiers. Murdoch's sister, Mary, tells a story about the husband of an acquaintance stealing jewelry from a dead Confederate soldier in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
John K. Murdoch, from Ithaca, New York, enlisted in the U.S. Marines in August 1862 and served as a Private on board the USS Vanderbilt chasing the CSS Alabama. Additional biographical information about John K. Murdoch 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_ahc0671f-001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ahc/turningpoint/do:ahc0671f-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- Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright.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: John K. Murdoch letter, MSS 671f, Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center., as presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
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