- Collection:
- America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia
- Title:
- John McKinney Howell letters to his wife, 1864
- Creator:
- Howell, John McKinney, 1833-1889
- Publisher:
- John McKinney Howell letters to his wife, MS 3259. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.
- Date of Original:
- 1864
- Subject:
- Andersonville Prison
Prison physicians--Correspondence
Prisoners of war--Death - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- correspondence
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
image/x-djvu - Description:
- The collection consists of five letters that John McKinney Howell wrote from Andersonville Prison to his wife Emma Berrien Heard. There are also two pages of biographical information. In the letters Howell describes the prisoners and his duties as examining surgeon. He also answers his wife's questions about the number of prisoners (and that there are no female prisoners) and fighting or hanging of prisoners and asks her for family news. Transcripts are included.
John McKinney Howell (1833-1889) was born in Houston County, Georgia. In 1862 he enlisted in Company C, Mell's Regiment at Greensboro, Georgia. In July 1864 he was sent to Andersonville Prison (Sumter County, Ga.) as a surgeon. He was married to Emma Berrien Heard (1841-1918).
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_harg3259-001-001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/harg/turningpoint/do:harg3259-001-001
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: John McKinney Howell letters to his wife, MS 3259. 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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