- Collection:
- America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia
- Title:
- Thomas Ely Lee letters to Fannie Lee, 1862-1890 (bulk 1862-1863)
- Creator:
- Lee, Fannie
- Contributor to Resource:
- Lee, Thomas Ely, b. 1836
- Publisher:
- Thomas Ely Lee letters to Fannie Lee, MS 2882. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.
- Date of Original:
- 1862/1890
- Subject:
- Soldiers--Georgia
Petersburg (Va.)
Pulaski County (Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Pulaski County, 32.2323, -83.47596
United States, Virginia, City of Petersburg, Petersburg, 37.22793, -77.40193 - Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
image/x-djvu - Description:
- The collection primarily consists of letters from Thomas Ely Lee in the 49th Georgia Infantry Regiment while serving in Virginia, to his wife Fanny Lee from 1862-1863. He writes that he gets enough to eat but needs clothes. He states he went to Maryland and Pennsylvania, but believes the fighting at Petersburg may end the war. He mentions his commanders, Capt. Henry H. Whitfield and Lt. Capt. John Pate several times.
Cataloged as part of the Georgia Archives and Manuscripts Automated Access Project: A Special Collections Gateway Program of the University Center in Georgia.
Thomas Ely Lee (b. 1836), soldier in Company K of the 49th Georgia Infantry Regiment, from Pulaski 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_harg2882-001-001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/harg/turningpoint/do:harg2882-001-001
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: Thomas Ely Lee letters to Fannie Lee, MS 2882. 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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