- Collection:
- America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia
- Title:
- Herschel Vespasian Johnson letter to Jefferson Davis, 1863 December 11
- Creator:
- Johnson, Herschel V. (Herschel Vespasian), 1812-1880
- Publisher:
- Herschel Vespasian Johnson letter to Jefferson Davis, MS 1569. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.
- Date of Original:
- 1863-12-11
- Subject:
- Legislators--Confederate States of America.
Confederate States of America--Politics and government - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
image/x-djvu - Description:
- The collection consists of a letter from Herschel V. Johnson in the Confederate Senate on December 11, 1863 to President Jefferson Davis discussing the importance of Richmond, Virginia and Northwest Georgia to the Confederacy and the need to defend these areas at all costs.
Cataloged as part of the Georgia Archives and Manuscripts Automated Access Project: A Special Collections Gateway Program of the University Center in Georgia.
Herschel Vespasian Johnson (1812-1880), politician and judge, born in Burke County, Georgia. For more information, see the article Herschel Johnson (1812-1880) in the New Georgia Encyclopedia and his congressional biography.
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_harg1569-001-001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/harg/turningpoint/do:harg1569-001-001
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: Herschel Vespasian Johnson letter to Jefferson Davis, MS 1569. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries., as presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
