- Collection:
- America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia
- Title:
- Gustavus Woodson Smith papers, 1858-1863
- Creator:
- Smith, Gustavus Woodson, 1822-1896
- Publisher:
- Gustavus Woodson Smith papers. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.
- Date of Original:
- 1858/1863
- Subject:
- Confederate States of America. Army. Georgia Militia
Confederate States of America. Army
Generals--Confederate States of America
Military administration--Confederate States of America
Confederate States of America--Politics and government - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, Virginia, 37.54812, -77.44675 - Medium:
- military maps
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
image/x-djvu - Description:
- The collection consists of the papers of Gustavus Woodson Smith from 1858-1863. Includes correspondence with CSA President Jefferson Davis often quarreling about army administration and strategy, appointment of staff, and subsequent resignation as Major General. There is one letter to his wife Lucretia from New Kent County, Virginia, three pencil reports with revisions on engagements at Eltham Landing and the Battle of Seven Pines or Fair Oaks during the Peninsular Campaign in Virginia, and operations of the Georgia Militia near Atlanta during the 1864 Atlanta Campaign. Also included is an original battlefield map showing Smith's route through Virginia in the vicinity of Fairfax Court House (1861).
Cataloged as part of the Georgia Archives and Manuscripts Automated Access Project: A Special Collections Gateway Program of the University Center in Georgia.
Gustavus Woodson Smith (1822-1896), civil and military engineer and Confederate Major General, born in Kentucky.
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_harg0848-001-001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/harg/turningpoint/do:harg0848-001-001
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: Gustavus Woodson Smith papers. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries., as presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
