- Collection:
- America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia
- Title:
- Savannah Cadets minute book and scrapbook
- Creator:
- Confederate States of America. Army. Georgia Infantry Regiment, 54th. Savannah Cadets
- Date of Original:
- 1861-05-01/1873-09
- Subject:
- Confederate States of America. Army. Georgia Infantry Regiment, 54th. Savannah Cadets
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, Juvenile - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983
- Medium:
- minute books
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
image/x-djvu - Description:
- This collection consists of a minute book of the Savannah Cadets, 1861-1873, which gives a detailed account of their service. A list of original members is included in the back of the volume. Also included in the collection is a "Memoranda of the Savannah Cadets, 1898-1899." Compiled by C.P. Dusenberry and E.J. Langford in 1911, it contains a muster roll, photographs, a journal of the company, and clippings pertaining to the 50th Anniversary of the Company.
The Savannah Cadets company was organized on May 17, 1861 for home protection of Savannah, Georgia, and its surrounding area. Membership was limited to boys between the ages of 14 and 17. The company was accepted into the service of the State of Georgia in February 1862 and joined the 54th Regiment of Georgia Volunteer, Confederate States Army, in May 1862 for the remainder of the Civil War. They surrendered with the army of General Joseph E. Johnston on April 27, 1865 in North Carolina. During the Spanish-American War, the company, enlisted as Company E of the 1st Georgia Volunteer Infantry Regiment, mustered into the U.S. Army on May 12, 1898, as Company K, 1st Infantry Regiment of U.S. Volunteers. The Cadets served in 1917 on the Mexican border, and when the National Guard of Georgia entered into World War I, the Savannah Cadets joined as Battery B, 118th Field Artillery, of the 31st Division. They served in France, commanded by Captains J.A. Bailey and Jas. Phillips. After the return of the 118th Field Artillery, the Savannah Cadets were not reorganized.
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_ghs0681-001d
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ghs/turningpoint/do:ghs0681-001d
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [Identification of item], Savannah Cadets minute book and scrapbook, MS 681, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.
- Original Collection:
- Folder 1, Savannah Cadets minute book and scrapbook, MS 681, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Historical Society
- Rights:
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