- Collection:
- America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia
- Title:
- John Rodgers Goldsborough letter to his wife Mary, 1862
- Creator:
- Goldsborough, J. R. (John Rodgers), 1808-1877
- Publisher:
- John Rodgers Goldsborough letter to his wife Mary, MS 3430. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.
- Date of Original:
- 1862
- Subject:
- Florida (Battleship)
Merrimack (Frigate)
United States. Navy
Slaves--Georgia--Saint Simons Island--19th century
Slaves--Georgia--Saint Simons Island--Education--19th century
Slaves--Georgia--Saint Simons Island--Social conditions--19th century
Frederica (Ga.)--Description and travel
Jekyll Island (Ga.)
Saint Simons Island (Ga.)
Wassaw Island (Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- correspondence
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
image/x-djvu - Description:
- The collection consists of a 50-page handwritten letter from John Rodgers Goldsboroughto his wife, Mary Pennington Goldsborough. The letter begins on April 21, 1862 and continues until May 8, 1862 as Goldsborough waits for a ship to dock and pick up the mail. He describes or mentions the following topics: a Rebel fort on Jekyll Island, his plans to make Saint Simons Island a self-supporting colony, contrabands (slaves), his school for the slaves, the Pierce Butler estate on the island, and attack by Rebels to capture or kill the slaves, the abandoned estate of James Hamilton Couper, his visit to Frederica, the Merrimac, and his orders to exchange with Commander Sylvanus Godon and move to Warsaw, South Carolina.
John Rodgers Goldsborough (1808-1877) was a Union Naval Commodore who commanded the U.S. Steamer, Florida off Saint Simons Island, Georgia during the Civil War.
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_harg3430-001-001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/harg/turningpoint/do:harg3430-001-001
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: John Rodgers Goldsborough letter to his wife Mary, MS 3430. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries., as presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
