- Collection:
- America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia
- Title:
- Robert T. Wood papers, 1863-1865, 1879 (bulk 1864)
- Creator:
- Wood, Robert T.
- Contributor to Resource:
- Childers, D. R.
Rogers, Fannie H. - Publisher:
- Robert T. Wood papers. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.
- Date of Original:
- 1863/1865
1879 - Subject:
- Confederate States of America. Army. Georgia Militia
Soldiers--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, Georgia, Washington County, 32.96954, -82.7959
United States, South Carolina, McCormick County, Calhoun Mill, 34.0329, -82.47096
United States, Tennessee, Coffee County, Tullahoma, 35.36202, -86.20943 - Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
image/x-djvu - Description:
- The collection consists primarily of letters from Robert T. Wood (d. 1865, Confederate soldier in the Georgia Militia during the Civil War, resident of Washington County, Georgia) from May - August 1864 while serving in the Georgia Militia near Atlanta, to his wife and children in Washington County, Georgia. Also includes letters from a cousin, Fannie H. Rogers, Calhoun's Mills (S.C.); a letter from D.R. Childers (unit unknown), dated July 1963, Chattanooga, Tennessee, which mentions the Tullahoma campaign; and a social letter from W.D. Johnson dated 1879, from Liverpool, England to his sister, Missouri.
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_harg0637-001-001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/harg/turningpoint/do:harg0637-001-001
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: Robert T. Wood papers. 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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