- Collection:
- America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia
- Title:
- Francis Wilkinson Pickens letter to Joseph E. Brown, 1861 May 14
- Creator:
- Pickens, F. W. (Francis Wilkinson), 1805-1869
- Date of Original:
- 1861-05-14
- Subject:
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- This collection consists of a letter from Francis Wilkinson Pickens to Joseph E. Brown thanking him for lending gunpowder to South Carolina at an important time. He refers to January 1861, when his artillery batteries in Charleston fired upon a federal ship sent to reinforce troops at Fort Sumter.
Frances Wilkinson Pickens (1805-1869) was an American lawyer and politician. He was serving as the 69th governor of South Carolina when the state seceded and joined the Confederate States prior to the start of the Civil War. He was educated at Franklin College (which is now a part of the University of Georgia) and South Carolina College.
Joseph E. Brown (1821-1894) was the 42nd governor of Georgia during its secession from the Union. He also served as a U.S. Senator from 1880 through 1891. Brown often disagreed with Confederate President Jefferson Davis 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_harg3603-001-001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/harg/turningpoint/do:harg3603-001-001
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: Francis Wilkinson Pickens letter to Joseph E. Brown, MS 3603. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries, as presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Original Collection:
- Francis Wilkinson Pickens letter to Joseph E. Brown, MS 3603. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
