- Collection:
- America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia
- Title:
- Franklin M. Fleming letters, 1861-1864
- Creator:
- Fleming, Franklin M., d. 1863
- Publisher:
- Franklin M. Fleming letters, MS 2227. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.
- Date of Original:
- 1861/1864
- Subject:
- Soldiers--Georgia
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
United States, North Carolina, 35.50069, -80.00032
United States, South Carolina, Charleston County, Charleston, 32.77657, -79.93092
United States, Virginia, City of Richmond, 37.55376, -77.46026 - Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
image/x-djvu - Description:
- The collection consists of 70 pieces of correspondence from Franklin M. Fleming to his wife, Lizzie in Marion County, Georgia, while he served with the 46th Georgia Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. The letters are almost entirely from camps located near Charleston, South Carolina with some from Camp Cobb at Wilmington, North Carolina. After Fleming's death, his brother D.G. Fleming with Company G of the 8th Georgia Infantry Regiment, wrote Lizzie from near Richmond, Virginia from March - October 1864.
Cataloged as part of the Georgia Archives and Manuscripts Automated Access Project: A Special Collections Gateway Program of the University Center in Georgia.
Franklin M. Fleming (d. 1863), Confederate Lt. with Company H of the 46th Georgia Infantry Regiment; married Lizzie Fleming; resided in Marion County, Georgia.
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_harg2227-001-001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/harg/turningpoint/do:harg2227-001-001
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: Franklin M. Fleming letters, MS 2227. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries., as presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
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