- Collection:
- America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia
- Title:
- "A Confederate Sergeant's Adventures", 1910-1911
- Creator:
- Benson, Berry, 1843-1923
- Publisher:
- Berry Benson diaries, MS 326. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.
- Date of Original:
- 1861/1865
1910/1911 - Subject:
- Soldiers--South Carolina--Diaries
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
United States, Maryland, 39.00039, -76.74997
United States, New York, 43.00035, -75.4999
United States, South Carolina, 34.00043, -81.00009
United States, Virginia, 37.54812, -77.44675 - Medium:
- diaries
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
image/x-djvu - Description:
- The collection mainly consists of diaries of Berry Benson from 1861-1865, which detail his service as a Confederate Civil War soldier with Company H of the 1st South Carolina Infantry Regiment as a scout and sharpshooter. Includes information on the battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia; Benson's capture in Spottsylvania, Virginia; his imprisonment and escape from Elmira Prison, New York; and other events in Maryland and Georgia. Persons mentioned in Benson's diaries include Benson's brother Blackwood "Bob" Benson, Frank Champion, Mike Duffy, and General Bradley Johnson. The collection also includes a manuscript (1910-1911) written by Benson entitled "A Confederate Sergeant's Adventures" later published as a chapter in Elmira Prison Camp.
Cataloged as part of the Georgia Archives and Manuscripts Automated Access Project: A Special Collections Gateway Program of the University Center in Georgia.
Berry Greenwood Benson (1843-1923), sergeant, Company H, 1st South Carolina Volunteers, Confederate Army; born in Hamburg, South Carolina. For more information, see the article Berry Benson (1843-1923) in the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
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_harg0326-001-001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/harg/turningpoint/do:harg0326-001-001
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: Berry Benson diaries, MS 326. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries., as presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
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