- Collection:
- America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia
- Title:
- General George P. Harrison, Commandant of Ga. Military Academy, endorsement on letter of resignation from A.W. Moore to Lt. Col. Charlton H. Way, 1862 February 18
- Creator:
- Cobb, Lamar, 1840-1907
- Contributor to Resource:
- Harrison, George P., 1841-1922
Moore, A. W., active 1862 - Publisher:
- General George P. Harrison, Commandant of Ga. Military Academy, endorsement on letter of resignation from A. W. Moore to Lt. Col. Charlton H. Way, 1862 February 18. MS 2603(M). Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.
- Date of Original:
- 1862-02-18
- Subject:
- Soldiers--Resignation
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- correspondence
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
image/x-djvu - Description:
- The collection consists of a letter of resignation from A. W. Moore to Lt. Charlton H. Way. The letter is endorsed by General George P. Harrison, Commandant of the Georgia Military Academy, and Major Lamar Cobb. The letter is dated Feburary 18, 1862.
Major Lamar Cobb was the son of Howell Cobb and was a Confederate Major General.
Charlton H. Way was appointed Consul-general March 10, 1887 by President Grover Cleveland. New York Times, March 11, 1887.
George Paul Harrison, a representative from Alabama; born at "Monteith Plantation," near Savannah, Ga. on March 19, 1841. He attended Effingham Academy and the Georgia Military Institute at Marietta. During the Civil War he entered the Confederate Army as second lieutenant of the First Georgia Regulars and was successively promoted to first lieutenant, major, colonel, and brigadier general. He moved to Alabama in 1865, studied law and was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Auburn, Alabama. He was a member of the constitutional convention of Alabama in 1875; served in the state senate 1878-1884 and was its president 1882-1884. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1892; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William C. Oates. Harrison was reelected to the Fifty-fourth Congress and served from November 6, 1894 to March 3, 1897 and resumed the practice of law in Opelika, Lee County, Alabama. He was a delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1901; general counsel for the Western Railway of Alabama; division counsel for the Central of Georgia Railway. George Harrison died in Opelika, Alabama, July 17, 1922. Harrison, George Paul, (1841-1922) -- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress http://bioguide.congress.gov (Retrieved April 28, 2009)
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_harg2603-001-001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/harg/turningpoint/do:harg2603-001-001
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: General George P. Harrison, Commandant of Ga. Military Academy, endorsement on letter of resignation from A. W. Moore to Lt. Col. Charlton H. Way, 1862 February 18. MS 2603(M). Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries., as presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
