- Collection:
- America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia
- Title:
- John Screven military orders
- Creator:
- Screven, John, 1827-1900
- Publisher:
- John Screven military orders, MS 497, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.
- Date of Original:
- 1864-08-01
- Subject:
- Georgia. Militia
Cotton trade--Georgia--Savannah
Savannah (Ga.)--History
Georgia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 - People:
- Screven, John, 1827-1900
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
orders (military records) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
image/x-djvu - Description:
- This collection contains two military orders for the Local Troops and City Lines of Georgia, a local militia group. The first is General Order No. 1 from Savannah, 1864, establishing the Depot of Atlantic and Gulf Rail Road Office as headquarters. It also includes orders for assemblies and equipment, and names the officers. Major John Screven was Commandant. The second orders are from Major John Screven to Captain M. Hogan from Headquarters, Savannah, 1864. Screven orders Hogan to assemble his Company.
John Screven was born on September 18, 1827, the son of James P. Screven and Hannah Georgia Bryan. He attended Franklin College (but did not graduate) and studied law. He was admitted to the bar in Savannah in 1849. That same year, he married Mary Footman (1827-1864). In 1852, Screven was appointed a justice of the Inferior Court, a position he held until 1866. He became the president of the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad in 1859. Screven was captain of the Savannah volunteer guards and had a short military career as a Major of Artillery in 1861, commanding the 18th Georgia Battery. In 1864, Screven received a commission as Lieutenant-Colonel for the defense of Savannah. Screven married his second wife, Mary Eleanor Brown (1844-1883) in 1865. He served two terms as Savannah's mayor, the first beginning in 1869. He was elected a trustee of the University of Georgia in 1889. Screven died on January 9, 1900.
Item 1: General Order No. 1. Headquarters, Savannah, 1864 July 29 ( 2.0 p. ) Headquarters established at Depot of Atlantic and Gulf Rail Road Office; orders for assemblies, equipment; officers named. Major John Screven was Commandant. -- Item 2: Major John Screven to Capt. M. Hogan. Headquarters, Local Troops and City Lines, Savannah, 1864 August 1 ( 1.0 p. ) Orders to assemble his Hogan's Company.
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_ghs0497-001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ghs/turningpoint/do:ghs0497-001
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [Identification of item], John Screven military orders, MS 497, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Historical Society
- Rights:
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