- Collection:
- America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia
- Title:
- C. Ann Butler letter 1865
- Creator:
- Butler, C. Ann
- Publisher:
- [Identification of item], C. Ann Butler letter, MS 114, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.
- Date of Original:
- 1865
- Subject:
- African American soldiers
African Americans--Virginia - Location:
- United States, Virginia, 37.54812, -77.44675
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
image/x-djvu - Description:
- This collection consists of a four page letter, written January 30, 1865, by C. Ann Butler and sent to her husband, William Butler. In the letter she discussed her concerns over not hearing from him since October 1864. She briefly discusses family members and their children attending school. This letter was removed from a knapsack found close to a body on the battlefield.
Processing Information: Processed by unknown, 1976.
Physical Description Note: 1 folder (.05 cubic feet)
Charles Hicks papers, MS 1634
C. Ann Butler lived with her children in Freedman's Village in Arlington, Virginia during the Civil War. Her husband, William Butler, served in Company H, 2nd U. S. Colored Troops. It appears from a note written on the letter, that William Butler was killed at the Battle of Natural Bridge in Florida.
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_ghs0114-001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ghs/turningpoint/do:ghs0114-001
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright has not been assigned to the Georgia Historical Society. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Division of Library and Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Georgia Historical Society as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [Identification of item], C. Ann Butler letter, MS 114, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia, as presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Historical Society
