- Collection:
- Civil War Collection
- Title:
- 25-page memoir, "Thrilling Experiences of a First Georgia Cavalryman in the Civil War" by O. P. Hargis. Hargis joined the 1st Georgia Cavalry at Resaca, Georgia in May 1864 when he was 15 years old. This Division, under command of General Wheeler acted as skirmishers to cover Johnson's retreat from Resaca to Atlanta. Memoir also includes some background and follow up on Hargis and his family (typescript)
- Creator:
- Hargis, Othnel Polk
- Date of Original:
- 1865
- Subject:
- Confederate States of America
Confederate States of America. Army--Cavalry
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- memoirs
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Metadata URL:
- https://digital.library.emory.edu/purl/0515mkkx4z-cor
- IIIF manifest:
- https://curate.library.emory.edu/iiif/0515mkkx4z-cor/manifest?manifest=https://curate.library.emory.edu/iiif/0515mkkx4z-cor/manifest
- Additional Rights Information:
- The online edition of this work in the public domain, i.e., not protected by copyright, has been produced by the Emory University Digital Library Publications Program.
- Extent:
- 8.2 x 10.6 inches
- Original Collection:
- Civil War Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library
- Rights:
-
