- Collection:
- America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia
- Title:
- Confederate States of America Army, Georgia 49th Infantry Regiment letter
- Creator:
- Neman, Mark N., 1827-1906
- Date of Original:
- 1865-03-15
- Subject:
- Confederate States of America. Army--African American troops
Slaves--Georgia
Georgia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Confederate States of America. Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.
Confederate States of America. Army. Georgia Infantry Regiment, 49th
Newman, Mark N., 1827-1906
Taylor, Walter Herron, 1838-1916 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
image/x-djvu - Description:
- The 49th Regiment of Georgia Volunteers served in the 3rd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia. Mark N. Newman was Adjutant of the Regiment.
This collection consists of a letter from the commissioned officers of the 49th Regiment to Col. W.H. Taylor, March 15, 1865, containing proposal to General Robert E. Lee that the regiment be permitted to include conscripted African American slaves as soldiers in its ranks. It is signed by the Regimental Officers and Captains. The collection also includes Mark Newman's letter of transmittal.
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_ghs0297-001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ghs/turningpoint/do:ghs0297-001
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [item identification], The 49th Regiment of Georgia Volunteers served in the 3rd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia. Mark N. Newman was Adjutant of the Regiment.
- Original Collection:
- Box Folder 1, [item identification], The 49th Regiment of Georgia Volunteers served in the 3rd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia. Mark N. Newman was Adjutant of the Regiment.
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Historical Society
- Rights:
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