- Collection:
- America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia
- Title:
- John Oliver Judson Lewis letter
- Creator:
- Lewis, John Oliver Judson, b. approximately 1839
- Date of Original:
- 1864-06-21
- Subject:
- Confederate States of America. Army. Georgia Infantry Regiment, 57th
Lewis, John Oliver Judson, b. approximately 1839
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Hospitals - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Troup County, LaGrange, 33.03929, -85.03133
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
image/x-djvu - Description:
- This collection consists of a letter from John Oliver Judson Lewis to Mollie (Mary). Written from St. Mary's Hospital in La Grange, Georgia, in 1864, Lewis states that he has been slightly wounded and that he wants a transfer to the Savannah hospital. He mentions friends killed or wounded.
John Oliver Judson Lewis (b. ca. 1839) was born in North Carolina. He married Sarah J. Lewis Clewis? on May 2, 1865 and was a farmer in Thomas County. Lewis enlisted as a private in the 2nd Regiment, 1st Brigade of the Georgia State Troops, Company D, on October 8, 1861. He was promoted to 1st Sergeant of the 57th Georgia Infantry Regiment, Company A, on May 5, 1862. He was captured at Baker's Creek, Mississippi on May 16, 1863 and was exchanged on July 4, 1863. Lewis was admitted to St. Mary's Hospital in La Grange, Georgia, on June 19, 1864; he was transferred to a hospital in Columbus, Georgia on July 4th of that year.
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_ghs0493-001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ghs/turningpoint/do:ghs0493-001
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [Identification of item], John Oliver Judson Lewis letter, MS 493, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.
- Original Collection:
- John Oliver Judson Lewis letter, MS 493, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Historical Society
- Rights:
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