- Collection:
- America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia
- Title:
- Carrie Bell Sinclair letters and poem 1864
- Creator:
- Sinclair, Carrie Bell, 1839-
- Publisher:
- Carrie Bell Sinclair letters and poem, MS 731, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.
- Date of Original:
- 1864
- Subject:
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Poetry
- People:
- Sinclair, Carrie Bell, 1839-
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
poems - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/x-djvu
application/pdf - Description:
- This collection consists of two letters from Carrie Sinclair, both written from Savannah. The first letter replies to a letter sent by an unknown admirer; in it, Sinclair writes about herself and what she expects of the man who will gain her love. The letter's body contains two poems. The second letter is similar to the first and also includes to poems. In it, Sinclair mentions she has mailed him a copy of her poem, "The Soldier's Suit of Grey." Also included in this collection is a broadside of "The Soldier's Suit of Grey," bearing the note "Air - 'Bonnie Blue Flag.'"
Carrie Bell Sinclair (1839-1883) was born in Milledgeville, Georgia. Her father was a Methodist minister who retired from the ministry because of his health. After his death, the family lived in Macon and Savannah, Georgia, North Carolina, Georgetown, South Carolina, and then in Augusta, Georgia. It was in Augusta that Sinclair began her career as a poet. Some of her poems were set to music and became well-known songs of the Confederacy. The best known of these were "The Homespun Dress" and "The Soldier's Suit of Grey." A collection of her poems was published as Poems by Carrie Bell Sinclair (Augusta: 1860).
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_ghs0731-001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ghs/turningpoint/do:ghs0731-001
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Division of Library and Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Georgia Historical Society as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [Identification of item], Carrie Bell Sinclair letters and poem, MS 731, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia, as presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Historical Society
- Rights:
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