- Collection:
- America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia
- Title:
- Confederate States of America Army, 1st Battalion, Georgia Sharpshooters muster roll and orders, 1863-1864
- Creator:
- Confederate States of America. Army. Georgia Sharpshooters, 1st Battalion
- Date of Original:
- 1863/1864
- Subject:
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- muster rolls
orders (military records) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- This collection consists of a muster roll from George C. Dent's Company D of the Georgia Sharpshooters, 1st Battalion, August 31-October 31, 1863. Also included is an extract from Special Orders Number 184, dated Headquarters, Savannah, August 15, 1864, ordering Privates William D. Couper and James T. Dent of the 1st Battalion Georgia Reserves to report to Captain Joseph Manigault, Assistant General at Savannah.
The 1st Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters formed on August 15, 1862. It mustered at Camp Anderson south of Savannah, Georgia. The battalion was stationed at Fort McAllister, Georgia, in 1863.
George Columbus Dent married Ophelia Troup in 1847. During the Civil War, he was the captain of Company D, 1st Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters.
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_ghs0213-001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ghs/turningpoint/do:ghs0213-001
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [Identification of item], Confederate States of America Army, 1st Battalion, Georgia Sharpshooters muster roll and orders, MS 213, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia, as presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Original Collection:
- [Identification of item], Confederate States of America Army, 1st Battalion, Georgia Sharpshooters muster roll and orders, MS 213, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Historical Society
- Rights:
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