- Collection:
- America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia
- Title:
- Union Civil War soldier's letter
- Publisher:
- Union Civil War soldier's letter, MS 893, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.
- Date of Original:
- 1865-10-11
- Subject:
- Savannah (Ga.)--History
Slavery--Georgia
Georgia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States. Army--History Civil War, 1861-1865 - Location:
- 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 a letter from "Nephew George," a Union soldier during the Civil War, to his uncle. Writing from Savannah, Georgia, in 1865, George announces that he has mustered out of service and is leaving for New York. He mentions his route through Georgia: Hawkinsville, Macon, Atlanta, and Augusta to Savannah. He fears trouble with ex-slave holders will necessitate more troops. He declares that people are behaving as "conquerors rather than conquered," and that they are disposing of slaves by occasionally shooting them. He believes that the South contains some of the meanest and most ignorant people living.
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_ghs0893-001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ghs/turningpoint/do:ghs0893-001
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [Identification of item], Union Civil War soldier's letter, MS 893, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Historical Society
- Rights:
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