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Tag Archives: Atlanta (G.A.)
4 September 1864: “if they intended to act in violation of the Constitution”
Item Description: Diary entry, dated 2 September 1864, written by William King. King was a plantation owner from Cobb County, Georgia. He remained alone on his plantation to protect his property and slaves from depredations by federal forces. Item Citation: … Continue reading
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Tagged Atlanta (G.A.), Cobb County, Georgia, plantations, William King, William King Papers
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15 August 1864: “my heart is tonight agitated and troubled”
Item Description: Diary entry dated 15 August 1864 from Sarah Lois Wadley. She writes about her brother Willie returning to camp and the rumors that she has heard about the fighting around her. Item Citation: From volume 4 (folder 5) … Continue reading
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Tagged Atlanta (G.A.), diaries, diary, Fort Macon, Hilton Head, Oconee railroad, Sarah Lois Wadley
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11 August 1864: “hear some vague rumours about our position there which awaken much anxiety and disquiet in our minds”
Item Description: Diary entry dated 11 August 1864 by Sarah Lois Wadley. In this entry she recounts the company that she has kept throughout the past weeks. She also briefly mentions her brother’s health as well. Item Citation: From volume … Continue reading
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Tagged Atlanta (G.A.), Sarah Lois Wadley, social conditions, social life
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13 July 1864: “With some exceptions the people that remain and either those who are unable to leave, or who will be pleased with the presence of a Yankee Army.”
Item Description: Letter from Benedict Joseph Semmes shortly after his arrival in Atlanta, GA. He writes about the evacuation of the city, but feels confident the Confederates will never abandon Atlanta. He also mentions the sinking of his cousin Raphael … Continue reading
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Tagged Atlanta (G.A.), Atlanta campaign, Benedict Joseph Semmes, Civil War, CSS Alabama, evacuation, Georgia
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3 November 1863: “…it is the nicest article I can find any where now, so I got forty yards…”
Item description: Letter, dated 3 November 1863, from Annie M. Schon in Atlanta to her sister Bettie Kimberly in Chapel Hill. She discusses their family, children, and the prices of clothing and food. [transcription available below images] Item citation: From … Continue reading
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Tagged Annie Maney Schon, Atlanta (G.A.), Bettie Kimberly, Chapel Hill (NC), clothing, commodities prices, food, illness, John Kimberly, Kimberly family, travel
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25 October 1863: “His wife went to see him but he was buried the day before she reached Atlanta.”
Item description: Entry, dated 25 October 1863, from the dairy of Samuel A. Agnew. Agnew describes a church service and news from engagements in Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, and Virginia. [transcription available below images] Item citation: From folder 9 of … Continue reading
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Tagged Atlanta (G.A.), Battle of Chickamauga, Charleston (S.C.), Chattanooga (T.N.), church attendance, religion, Samuel A. Agnew, wounded soldiers
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19 September 1863: “…not being disturbed but once and that by a rat which I found beneath under my pillow this morning.”
Item Description: In a letter to his wife dated 19 September, 1863, Lafayette McLaws describes the day-to-day activities, including the economy, in Atlanta as an officer in the Confederate States of America. McLaws survived the war, living to 1897 and served … Continue reading
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Tagged Atlanta (G.A.), Georgia, Lafayette McLaws
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19 June 1863: “I wish you could see Johnnie in his dress, it hangs & fits beautifully.”
Item description: Letter, dated 19 June 1863, from Annie Maney Schon in Atlanta, Georgia, to her sister Bettie Maney Kimberly. The letter discusses the sewing of clothes, as well as whether the sisters’ parents would take the oath of allegiance … Continue reading
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Tagged Annie Maney Schon, Atlanta (G.A.), Bettie Kimberly, Braxton Bragg, clothes, John Kimberly, Nashville (T.N.), oath of allegiance, scarcity, sewing
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