- Collection:
- America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia
- Title:
- Marie Monroe Barney Postell papers
- Creator:
- Postell, Marie Monroe Barney, 1821-1892
- Publisher:
- Marie Monroe Barney Postell papers, MS 629, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.
- Date of Original:
- 1865/1965
- Subject:
- Military occupation
Georgia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Postell, Marie Monroe Barney, 1821-1892
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Casualties
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Fort Pulaski National Monument, 32.03082, -80.93361
United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983 - Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
image/x-djvu - Description:
- This collection consists of two letters written in 1865 (during the Civil War) by Marie Postell: one to her son, Chase Barney Postell, and the other to her husband, William Ross Postell. The first letter contains news of the family and home during the Union occupation of Savannah, Georgia. The second letter informs her husband of the death of their two sons, including Chase, the recipient of the first letter. William Postell was a prisoner-of-war. The collection also includes copies of Barney and Chase family records, probably from a family Bible. With these papers are notes identifying the writer.
Marie Monroe Barney Postell (1821-1892) was the daughter of William Bedford Barney and Mary Chase Barney. Called "Rosa," she married William Ross Postell.
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.
Item 1: Mrs. Postell to her son Chase Barney Postell. Savannah, 1865 February-April 3 ( 4.0 p. ) Incomplete. News of family and home during the Federal occupation of the city. -- Item 2: Rosa to her husband William Ross Postell. Savannah, 1865 May 16 ( 1.0 p. ALS. ) Regarding the death of their two sons, Chase and another not named. Mr. Postell was a prisoner-of-war. -- Item 3: Copies of Barney and Chase records from a Bible?, undated Filed with these papers are notes identifying the writer. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_turningpoint_ghs0629-001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ghs/turningpoint/do:ghs0629-001
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [Identification of item], Marie Monroe Barney Postell papers, MS 629, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Historical Society
- Rights:
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