<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:coverage>United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018</dc:coverage><dc:creator>Ripley, Charles E.</dc:creator><dc:date>1863/1864</dc:date><dc:description>This collection consists of an 1864 Civil War diary that covers events like the capture of Atlanta and Sherman's March to the Sea. Also included is documentation of daily skirmishes and cannonades, as well as military movement and analysis.</dc:description><dc:description>Charles E. Ripley, Color Sergeant, 21st Wisconsin, enlisted as a corporal August 15, 1862, and served with his unit through the end of the war, being mustered out at Washington on June 8, 1865.</dc:description><dc:description>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.</dc:description><dc:format>application/pdf</dc:format><dc:format>image/x-djvu</dc:format><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:publisher>Charles E. Ripley diary, MS 3589. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.</dc:publisher><dc:rights>http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/</dc:rights><dc:subject>Sherman's March to the Sea</dc:subject><dc:title>Charles E. Ripley diary, 1863-1864</dc:title><dc:type>Text</dc:type></oai_dc:dc>