- Collection:
- America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia
- Title:
- James Aker diary, 1864
- Creator:
- Aker, James
- Date of Original:
- 1864
- Subject:
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, Tennessee, 35.75035, -86.25027 - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- This collection consists of a diary that covers Civil War events like marching through Tennessee and the Atlanta Campaign.
Corporal James Aker mustered into the Wisconsin 24th Infantry on August 5, 1862, and mustered out on June 10, 1865.
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_harg3577-001-001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/harg/turningpoint/do:harg3577-001-001
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: James Aker diary, MS 3577. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries., as presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Original Collection:
- James Aker diary, MS 3577. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
