- Collection:
- America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia
- Title:
- Myron G. Love letters to Rachel Love, 1861-1862
- Creator:
- Love, Myron G.
- Publisher:
- Myron G. Love letters to Rachel Love, MS 654. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.
- Date of Original:
- 1861/1862
- Subject:
- Farm management--Arkansas
Farm management--Missouri
Soldiers--Illinois
Arkansas--Description and travel.
Missouri--Description and travel - Location:
- United States, Arkansas, 34.75037, -92.50044
United States, Illinois, 40.00032, -89.25037
United States, Missouri, 38.25031, -92.50046 - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
image/x-djvu - Description:
- The collection consists of correspondence from Myron G. Love as a soldier with the 38th Illinois Infantry Regiment during the Civil War, to his sister, Rachel Love of Willow Springs, Greene County, Ohio, from January 1861 - September 1862. Love describes, in detail, his regiment's marches through Missouri and Arkansas including information on the local geography; plants, flowers, and trees; plantations and farms; buildings; farming practices; types of crops; local reaction to Union troops; foraging for food, hunting, and fishing; Confederate prisoners; difficulty of moving wagons in the rain; the weather; and his health.
Cataloged as part of the Georgia Archives and Manuscripts Automated Access Project: A Special Collections Gateway Program of the University Center in Georgia.
Myron G. Love, Union Army soldier with the 16th Ohio Light Artillery Battery.
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_harg0654-001-001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/harg/turningpoint/do:harg0654-001-001
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: Myron G. Love letters to Rachel Love, MS 654. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries., as presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
