- Collection:
- America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia
- Title:
- Alexander H. Stephens letter to R.H. Norris, 1863 August 22
- Creator:
- Stephens, Alexander H. (Alexander Hamilton), 1812-1883
- Date of Original:
- 1863-08-22
- Subject:
- Soldiers--Georgia
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- The collection consists of a letter from Alexander H. Stephens to Captain R.H. Norris of Company J of the 1st Georgia State Troops stationed at Resaca, Georgia, dated August 22, 1863. Stephens writes asking for leniency toward Columbus Rees a soldier in Norris' company absent without leave. Stephens states Rees had not deserted but rather came to Stephens to ask for a transfer to a cavalry company.
Cataloged as part of the Georgia Archives and Manuscripts Automated Access Project: A Special Collections Gateway Program of the University Center in Georgia.
Alexander Hamilton Stephens (1812-1883), lawyer, politician, vice president of the Confederate States of America, and Georgia Governor, born in Wilkes County, Georgia. For more information, see the article Alexander Stephens (1812-1883) 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_harg2465-001-001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/harg/turningpoint/do:harg2465-001-001
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: Alexander H. Stephens letter to R.H. Norris. MS 2465. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries., as presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Original Collection:
- Alexander H. Stephens letter to R.H. Norris. MS 2465. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
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