- Collection:
- America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia
- Title:
- Dr. Erwin J. Eldridge letters, 1860-1865
- Creator:
- Eldridge, Erwin James, 1833-1902
- Publisher:
- Dr. Erwin J. Eldridge letters, MS 3065. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.
- Date of Original:
- 1860/1865
- Subject:
- Confederate States of America. Army. Cobb's Legion
Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Correspondence
Americus (Ga.)--History
Tornadoes--Georgia--Americus--History - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Sumter County, Americus, 32.07239, -84.23269
United States, Virginia, City of Manassas, 38.75095, -77.47527
United States, Virginia, Prince William County, 38.70167, -77.47766 - Medium:
- correspondence
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
image/x-djvu - Description:
- The collection consists of three letters from Dr. Eldridge while in service in the Confederate Army. He writes to his wife, Emma of items that he picked up on the Manassas battlefield that he wished to send home to his son, also of long marches and Confederate officers from his experience. Also in this collection are seven much longer letters from Emma to Dr. Eldridge through the care of Howell Cobb's famous Georgia regiment. In them she describes news of their home from Americus, Georgia, including war news, family matters and a detailed description of a tornado that ripped through town sending slaves and livestock flying through the air. The remaining letters are from family and friends displaying concern for Dr. Eldridge and other family members in the service of the Confederacy.
Related materials available in this repository: Dr. Erwin James Eldridge letters, MS 2925.
Dr. Erwin James Eldridge (1833-1902), surgeon with 16th Georgia Infantry Regiment, and then Cobb's Legion, serving in Virginia and then in Atlanta and Macon, Georgia. Married Emma Ronaldson, resided in Flat Pond (Lee County) and then Americus (Sumter 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_harg3065-001-001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/harg/turningpoint/do:harg3065-001-001
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: Dr. Erwin J. Eldridge letters, MS 3065. 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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