- Collection:
- America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia
- Title:
- William C. Goggans Civil War letters, 1861-1865
- Creator:
- Goggans, William C.
- Publisher:
- William C. Goggans Civil War letters, MS 2156. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.
- Date of Original:
- 1861/1865
- Subject:
- Goggans family
Soldiers--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
United States, Mississippi, 32.75041, -89.75036
United States, Virginia, 37.54812, -77.44675 - Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
image/x-djvu - Description:
- The collection consists of letters, written mainly by William C. Goggans and family, during the Civil War from 1861-1865. The letters discuss army camp life, conditions and war news, and the wartime economy and psychology. Goggans of the 35th Georgia Infantry Regiment, wrote from camps in Richmond, Fredericksburg, James River, Cumberland Gap, Camp Jackson (Martinsburg), Smithfield, and Buryville in Virginia; Milledgeville and Augusta, Georgia; and Meridian, Mississippi. Also contained in the collection is a letter from J.B. Walton to the General Commander, U.S. Forces at Savannah, Georgia, and Confederate civilian letters.
Cataloged as part of the Georgia Archives and Manuscripts Automated Access Project: A Special Collections Gateway Program of the University Center in Georgia.
William C. Goggans, Lieutenant (later Captain) in the 35th Georgia Infantry Regiment, died at Richmond, Virginia, February 23, 1863.
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_harg2156-001-001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/harg/turningpoint/do:harg2156-001-001
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: William C. Goggans Civil War letters, MS 2156. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries. , as presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
