- Collection:
- Columbia Theological Seminary Manuscript Collection
- Title:
- Letters from James [Bones] to James Woodrow, 1863-1865
- Creator:
- Bones, James William, 1835-1916
- Date of Original:
- 1863/1865
- Subject:
- Atlanta Campaign, 1864
Food supply
Money--Confederate States of America
Presbyterian Church--Georgia--Newspapers
Presbyterian Church--South Carolina--Newspapers
Wagon trains
Southern Presbyterian (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1847-1908
Southern Presbyterian. (Columbia, S.C.)
Baker family
Baker, William Laurie, 1842-1908
Bones, James William, 1835-1916
Bones, James William, 1835-1916--Personal correspondence
Bones, John Samuel, 1839-1878
Bones, Maria McGran, 1816-1896
Bones, Marion Woodrow, 1832-1882
Bones, Thomas McGran, 1837-1876
Brower, Jessie Wilson Bones, 1863-1943
Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891
Kirby-Smith, Edmund, 1824-1893
Porter, A. A. (Abner Addison), 1817-1872
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
Stewart, James Turner, 1834-1901
Wilson, Janet Woodrow, 1826-1888
Wilson, Joseph Ruggles, 1822-1903
Woodrow family
Woodrow, Felixina Shepherd Baker, 1837-1928
Woodrow, James, 1828-1907--Personal correspondence
Woodrow, Thomas, 1824-1886
Columbia Theological Seminary
Greensboro Female College (Greensboro, Ga.)
Atlanta (Ga.)
Augusta (Ga.)
Columbia (S.C.)
Edgefield (S.C.)
Fort Stevens (Washington, D.C.)
Georgia
Georgia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Marietta (Ga.)
Richmond (Va.)
Savannah (Ga.)
South Carolina
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
York (S.C.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
personal correspondence - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Letters from James [Bones] to his brother-in-law James Woodrow concerning the health of Tommy, the possibility of having a position in the [CSA] provided he could obtain a surgeon’s certificate, and payment for publication, Augusta (Ga.), October 3, 1863; informing James that with sorrow he expects to leave for the [CSA] army of Tennessee after enjoying a ten-day furlough in Savannah with Marion [his wife] and Jessie [infant daughter], his family’s reaction to a telegram misinforming them that his brother John had been wounded, payments received from Mr. Brown and Henry Pratt, Augusta (Ga.), June 1, 1864; comments on the closing of printing offices and being unable to find Mr. Whitmer, assisting Major Jas. T. Stewart, describes the Confederate troops and military tactics of [CSA General Joseph E.] Johnston during Atlanta Campaign and the people of Atlanta scattering upon his arrival, seeing Henry Pratt and learning of Porter’s departure, Wagon Train Mercer's Brigade, near Atlanta (Ga.), July 14, 1864; discussing the circumstances under which Jeannie [Janet], Joseph, and their children have left for Chillicothe from Greensboro as Thomas [Woodrow] urged and paid for everyone to come and expresses sympathy concerning Felie’s health, Augusta (Ga.), July 21, 1865; concerning raising funds for printing a newspaper [presumably Southern Presbyterian], discusses letters from family in Chillicothe about reluctance to return to the South, the condition of [A. A.] Porter, and the re-opening of the seminary, Augusta (Ga.), September 14, 1865.
Institution: C. Benton Kline, Jr. Special Collections and Archives, John Bulow Campbell Library, Columbia Theological Seminary - Metadata URL:
- http://cdm17323.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p17323coll7/id/5682
- IIIF manifest:
- https://cdm17323.contentdm.oclc.org/iiif/2/p17323coll7:5682/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 22 pages
- Original Collection:
- James Woodrow papers, 1808, 1836-1916 [bulk 1850-1867]
- Holding Institution:
- Columbia Theological Seminary
- Rights:
-
