- Collection:
- America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia
- Title:
- Robert Toombs letter to General Gustavus W. Smith, 1865 March 25
- Creator:
- Toombs, Robert Augustus, 1810-1885
- Publisher:
- Robert Toombs letter to General Gustavus W. Smith, MS 1163. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.
- Date of Original:
- 1865-03-25
- Subject:
- Confederate States of America. Army
Confederate States of America--Politics and government - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
image/x-djvu - Description:
- The collection consists of a four-page letter from Robert Toombs in Washington, Georgia on March 25, 1865, to General Gustavus W. Smith in Macon, Georgia. The letter discusses a militia bill, Union operations and strategies, advocates a march to capture Savannah while Sherman is operating outside the state, and the ousting of President Jefferson Davis to save the Confederacy.
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_harg1163-001-001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/harg/turningpoint/do:harg1163-001-001
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: Robert Toombs letter to General Gustavus W. Smith, MS 1163. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries., as presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
