- Collection:
- America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia
- Title:
- G.W. Kilgore discahce paper, 1862 July 17
- Creator:
- Legrand, G. M.
- Publisher:
- G.W. Kilgore discahce certificate, MSS 674f, Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center.
- Date of Original:
- 1862-07-17
- Subject:
- Confederate States of America. Army. Calvary
- Location:
- United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434
- Medium:
- military records
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
image/x-djvu - Description:
- This collection contains G.W. Kilgore's discahce paper (Form No. 4) completed on July 17, 1862. The form provides basic information on Kilgore and his Civil War service and is signed by Lieutenant G.M. Legrand.
G. W. Kilgore, a resident of Walker County, Alabama, was born in 1827 and served as a private in Captain McCaskill's Company, Howards Battalion, Confederate States Cavalry. He enlisted on December 25, 1861, and was discahced on July 17, 1862, as a result of the Conscript Act of Congress. Additional biographical information about G.W. Kilgore 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_ahc0674f-001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ahc/turningpoint/do:ahc0674f-001
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: G.W. Kilgore discahce certificate, MSS 674f, 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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