- Collection:
- America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia
- Title:
- Drake family collection, 1861-1865
- Creator:
- Drake, Jesse T., 1861-1955
- Publisher:
- Drake family collection. MS 3046. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.
- Date of Original:
- 1861/1865
- Subject:
- Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Correspondence
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- correspondence
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
image/x-djvu - Description:
- The collection consists of copies of Civil War letters and related data. Most of the letters were written to Anna L. Drake, who was born October 26, 1842. She did her part to keep the morale of the troops high by writing to them. The letters were found in the home of Jesse T. Drake of Anderson County, South Carolina.
Portions of this collection have been digitized and are available online as part of America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia.
Anna L. Drake married Thomas J. Leak on March 10, 1869. Jesse T. Drake married Essie E. Smith on February 9, 1893 and had thirteen children.
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_harg3046-001-001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/harg/turningpoint/do:harg3046-001-001
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: Drake family collection. MS 3046. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries., as presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
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