- Collection:
- America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia
- Title:
- Jacob Waldburg pardon
- Creator:
- Waldburg, Jacob, active 1860s
- Date of Original:
- 1865
- Subject:
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- Location:
- United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434
- Medium:
- pardons
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- This collection contains a pardon issued by President Andrew Johnson to Jacob Waldburg on 29 August, 1865 for his service to the Confederate States of America during the Civil War. In this pardon, Waldburg is asked to agree to certain terms including taking the loyalty oath to the United States, not take on any slaves or use slave labor, and agree in writing to all the terms of this pardon. Also included is Waldburg's acknowledgement of the President's pardon, which he signed on 12 December 1865.
Jacob Waldburg resided in Savannah, Georgia and served with the Confederate States of America Army during the Civil War.
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_ghs1961-001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ghs/turningpoint/do:ghs1961-001
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: Jacob Waldburg pardon, 1865, MS 1961, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia
- Original Collection:
- Jacob Waldburg pardon, 1865, MS 1961, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Historical Society
