- Collection:
- America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia
- Title:
- John F. Floyd letter 1864
- Creator:
- Floyd, John F.
- Date of Original:
- 1864
- Subject:
- Soldiers--Georgia
- Location:
- United States, New York, Chemung County, Elmira, 42.0898, -76.80773
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/x-djvu
application/pdf - Description:
- This collection contains one letter from John F. Floyd to F. H. Ferguson dated 5 August 1864. The letter was sent from Elmira Prison in New York. In the letter Floyd requests a new pair of no. 6 shoes.
John F. Floyd resided in Dougherty County, Georgia, when he enlisted on 22 March 1862 at the age of 23. He mustered into the Georgia 51st Infantry, Company K as a Private and was promoted to 4th Corporal on 15 November 1863. Floyd was taken prisoner at Cold Harbor, Virginia, on 1 June 1864 and held at Elmira Prison, New York. He was released from duty in 1865.
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_ghs1800-001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ghs/turningpoint/do:ghs1800-001
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Historical Society
- Rights:
-
