- Collection:
- America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia
- Title:
- John W. Boston letter 1864
- Creator:
- Boston, John W., approximately 1833-1918
- Date of Original:
- 1864
- Subject:
- Savannah (Ga.)--Social life and customs
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/x-djvu
application/pdf - Description:
- This collection contains one letter from a Union solder, Private John W. Boston, to his wife and children in which he recounts the capture of Savannah, Georgia in December of 1864 during the Civil War. He mentions the possibility of the Union Army going to Charleston, South Carolina after they leave Savannah. Boston also remarks upon the citizens of Savannah, describing them predominantly as "Irish, Dutch, and French" and "Catholick."
Private John W. Boston (ca. 1833-1918) served with Company G of the 81st Ohio Volunteers during the United States Civil War. He enlisted with the Union Army in 1862 at the age of 29 and fought in the battles of Corinth, Mississippi, Atlanta, Georgia, and Bentonville, North Carolina.
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_ghs1779-001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ghs/turningpoint/do:ghs1779-001
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Historical Society
- Rights:
-
