- Collection:
- America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia
- Title:
- Charles H. Knox diary and letters, 1864-1865
- Creator:
- Knox, Charles H., fl. 1864
- Publisher:
- Charles H. Knox diary and letters, 1864-1865. MS 3432. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.
- Date of Original:
- 1864/1865
- Subject:
- Andersonville Prison
Florence Prison (S.C.)
Capital punishment--Georgia--Andersonville
Hanging--Georgia--Andersonville
Prisoners of war--Georgia--Andersonville--Personal narratives
Prisoners of war--Maryland--Annapolis--Personal narratives
Prisoners of war--South Carolina--Florence--Personal narratives.
Prisoners--Abuse of--United States--History
Prisoners--Georgia--Andersonville--Correspondence
Prisoners--Georgia--Andersonville
Prisons--Georgia--Andersonville--Pictorial works - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Sumter County, Andersonville, 32.19599, -84.13991
- Medium:
- correspondence
diaries - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
image/x-djvu - Description:
- The collection consists of a memoir written by Charles H. Knox based upon a diary kept as a prisoner that describes the battle which resulted in his capture, the trip to Andersonville by train, the layout of the prison using a hand drawn map, the shelters of either tents or holes dug in the ground, the food and prices, the number of prisoners arriving on various days, punishments, hangings and exchange of prisoners. He includes maps and drawings of the prison grounds. There are also two letters to his wife. One letter informing her of his imprisonment and the other from Annapolis telling her that he was exchanged on February 26, 1865.
Charles H. Knox enlisted January 5, 1864 in Company L, Connecticut 1st Cavalry. He was captured at Craig's Church, Virginia on May 5, 1864 and taken to Andersonville Prison in Georgia. Knox was finally sent to Florence (South Carolina) stockade for exchange.
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_harg3432-001-001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/harg/turningpoint/do:harg3432-001-001
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: Charles H. Knox diary and letters, 1864-1865. MS 3432. 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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