- Collection:
- America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia
- Title:
- Charles Wood diary, 1857-1869
- Creator:
- Wood, Charles, fl. 1857-1869
- Publisher:
- Charles Wood diary. MS 2734(M). Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.
- Date of Original:
- 1857/1869
- Subject:
- Confederate States of America. Army
College students--Virginia
Soldiers--Virginia - Location:
- United States, Florida, Leon County, Tallahassee, 30.43826, -84.28073
United States, Virginia, 37.54812, -77.44675 - Medium:
- diaries
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/x-djvu
application/pdf - Description:
- The collection consists of a diary of Charles Wood from 1857-1861, 1863. Early entries relate to his activities as a law student and his political views. Entries in 1861 describe his journey from Richmond (Va.) to Tallahassee (Fla.) after being assigned as aide-de-camp to General John B. Grayson, who was Commander of the Dept. of East Florida. Wood describes the various towns he traveled through and upon arriving in Tallahassee, the illness and death of General Grayson. In 1863, he wrote a short entry discussing the war's impact on his personal philosophy. The volume also contains personal financial accounts from 1868-1869.
Cataloged as part of the Georgia Archives and Manuscripts Automated Access project: A Special Collections Gateway Program of the University Center in Georgia.
Charles Wood served as an aide-de-camp to General John B. Grayson during the Civil War, resided in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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_harg2734-001-001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/harg/turningpoint/do:harg2734-001-001
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: Charles Wood diary. MS 2734(M). 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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