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Conscription record book for Jackson County, Georgia, for November 1864 to January 1865. Includes the following lists: persons for examination by Examination Board; persons rejected by Board for physical disability, conscripts between 18 and 45 enrolled for service; conscripts recommended for light duty; deserters and absentees arrested and sent to the Provost Marshal; and soldiers on furlough. Each entry may include date of enrollment, name, age, height, complexion, eyes, hair, occupation, residence, and remarks. This book was later used as a cash book by the Cofer and McCalla (Atlanta, Georgia) business firm between 1866 and 1867

Date:: 1864 to 1867
Format:: Text
Access:: Public

2.
Shipping Book No. 2, for the Georgia Relief and Hospital Association (Augusta, Georgia); a record of packages sent to Georgia Confederate soldiers - September 24, 1864 - April 20, 1865

Creator:: Georgia Relief and Hospital Association
Date:: September 24, 1864 to April 20, 1865
Format:: Text
Access:: Public

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Welfare ledger, circa 1864, for Habersham County, Georgia. The ledger records government relief efforts in Habersham County, in accordance with "An Act for the relief of the people in certain counties therein mentioned and for other purposes, Title XVII, Acts and Laws Passed by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, 1863"

Date:: 1864 approx.
Format:: Text
Access:: Public