- Collection:
- America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia
- Title:
- Jenkins, J.H. letter, 1864 October 10
- Creator:
- Jenkins, J. H.
- Publisher:
- Jenkins, J. H. letter. MS 540. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.
- Date of Original:
- 1864-10-10
- Subject:
- Andersonville Prison--Maps
Illness
Military spouses--Correspondence
Soldiers--South Carolina--Mount Pleasant--Correspondence
Travel--Planning--History--19th century
Yellow fever--South Carolina--Charleston--History--19th century - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Sumter County, Andersonville, 32.19599, -84.13991
United States, South Carolina, Charleston County, Charleston, 32.77657, -79.93092
United States, South Carolina, Charleston County, Mount Pleasant, 32.79407, -79.86259 - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
image/x-djvu - Description:
- The collection consists of one soldier's letter from J. H. Jenkins to "My Dear Wife" [Sallie], dated October 10, 1864 from Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. The letters concerns yellow fever in Charleston [South Carolina], the possibility of her coming for a visit, what she should bring, etc. There is also a small printed map of the Andersonville, Georgia Prison. The two items in this collection were found in a volume of the Athens Southern Banner, 1866-1869, but there is no apparent connection between them.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_turningpoint_harg0540-001-001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/harg/turningpoint/do:harg0540-001-001
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: Jenkins, J. H. letter. MS 540. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, as presented in the Digital Library of Georgia
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
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