- Collection:
- The Southern Homefront, 1861-1865
- Title:
- George Washington Baker papers : personal correspondence, 1864-1865 / Baker, George Washington.
- Creator:
- Baker, George Washington.
- Date of Original:
- 1864/1865
- Subject:
- United States. Army--Officers--Correspondence
Raleigh (N.C.)--History--19th century
United States. Army--Military life--History
Georgia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Atlanta Campaign, 1864
North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States. Army. New York Volunteers, 123rd
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives
Baker, George Washington--Correspondence - People:
- Baker, George Washington
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, North Carolina, Wake County, Raleigh, 35.7721, -78.63861 - Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Description:
- Lt. George Washington Baker served with Company K, 123rd New York Volunteers, fighting throughout Virginia and participating in Sherman's infamous "march to the sea." Two of these three letters deal with Baker's observations of Atlanta during the Union invasion, as well as its social atmosphere after occupation. The final letter highlights events in Raleigh, North Carolina on the day the Confederate surrender was assured.
Title from Tei-Header.
This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digitization project's database, Documenting the American South. It is part of the collection The Southern homefront, 1861-1865.
Text transcribed and annotated by Kristofer Ray. Text encoded by Melissa Graham and Natalia Smith.
Text in both HTML and SGML formats.
Transcribed from: Papers, 1856-1888. Transcript of the personal correspondence. Originals are in the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Call number #4909.
Funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services supported the electronic publication of this title.
George Washington Baker of Washington County, N.Y., served with Company K, 123rd New York Volunteers in the Civil War. - Metadata URL:
- http://docsouth.unc.edu/imls/bakergw/menu.html
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 4 p.
- Holding Institution:
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
- Rights:
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