- Collection:
- America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia
- Title:
- John McIntosh Kell letters, 1861
- Creator:
- Kell, John McIntosh, 1823-1900
- Publisher:
- John McIntosh Kell letters, MS1381(m). Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.
- Date of Original:
- 1861
- Subject:
- Confederate States of America. Navy
Savannah (Ship)
Cantonment Clinch (Fla.)
Fort Pulaski (Ga.)
Georgia--Social life and customs--19th century - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- correspondence
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
image/x-djvu - Description:
- The collection consists of two letters from John McIntosh Kell while serving in the Confederate Navy onboard the ship Savannah in 1861. The first letter, to his father-in-law N.C. Munroe dated March 22, 1861, discusses the actions of Commodore Josiah Tattnall and the removal of guns from Fort Clinch, Florida to Fort Pulaski, Georgia. The second letter, dated March 25, 1861, is addressed to his wife Blanche Munroe Kell and discusses coastal Georgia social news.
Cataloged as part of the Georgia Archives and Manuscripts Automated Access Project: A Special Collections Gateway Program of the University Center in Georgia.
Related archival materials in other repositories include the John McIntosh Kell papers, 1785-1921, Duke University.
Related collections in this repository: See other Kell family papers.
John McIntosh Kell (1823-1900), son of John and Margery Spalding Baillie Kell of Darien, Georgia, married Julia Blanche Munroe of Macon, Georgia. During the Civil War, Kell served as an officer in the Confederate Navy. After the war, he served as Georgia's Adjutant-General from 1886 until his death in 1900.
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_harg1381-001-001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/harg/turningpoint/do:harg1381-001-001
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: John McIntosh Kell letters, MS1381(m). Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries., as presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
