Genre: memoirs / Subject - Names: Confederate States of America - Emory Digital Collections Search Results

Start Over Genre memoirs ✖ Subject - Names Confederate States of America ✖ Date 1900 to 1949 ✖

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20-page memoir written by Campbell Wood. Contains genealogical information about the Wood family, General Solomon Wood, Major Green Wood, et al, a brief biographical sketch of himself pages, his Civil War experience, copies of the wills of Solomon and Mark Red Wood (both Georgians), and copies of Letters by Solomon Wood to the Governor of Georgia seeking protection against Indian depredations. Campbell Wood served in the 5th Texas Infantry Regiment - 1908 (typescript)

Creator:: Wood, Campbell
Date:: 1908
Format:: Text
Access:: Public

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Personal reminiscences of William Macon Crumley from February 1862 to April 1865. Crumley enlisted in the Richmond Hussars, Cobb's Legion of Cavalry, in February 1862, when he was 14 years old, and was soon transferred to General J. B. Kershaw's brigade as a courier, at Kershaw's request. He describes his experiences at Richmond, Fredericksburg, Cedar Creek, and Chickamauga, and relates anecdotes regarding Kershaw, General Y. J. Pope, and General Clement C. Evans - May 24, 1907 (typescript)

Creator:: Crumley, William Macon
Date:: 1907
Format:: Text
Access:: Public

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40-page memoir "Dale County and its people during the Civil War, reminiscences of Fleming, with an introduction by Walter Lynwood Fleming, circa 1903-1905" by Mary Love Fleming (typescript)

Creator:: Fleming, Mary Love (Edwards)
Date:: 1904
Format:: Text
Access:: Public

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23-page typewritten memoir by John Bowden Malachi titled, "Some of My Experiences as a Confederate Soldier, in the Camp and on the Battlefield, in the Army of Northern Virginia". Bowden was born in Meriwether County near Greenville, Georgia on June 28, 1840. He enlisted as a private in Company B, 2nd Georgia Infantry Regiment on August 26, 1861. He served in the Army for three years in the field and a half year in prison

Creator:: Bowden, John Malachi
Date:: between 1900 and 1920
Format:: Text
Access:: Public

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2-page memoir of Tapley H. Stewart's experience in the Confederate Army. Stewart served in Company L of the 3rd Georgia Infantry Regiment which took part in battles around Richmond and Chattanooga. Stewart was captured and was a prisoner of war in Elmira, New York (typescript)

Creator:: Stewart, Tapley H.
Date:: between 1865 and 1920
Format:: Text
Access:: Public

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2-page memoir of Tapley H. Stewart's experience in the Confederate Army. Stewart served in Company L of the 3rd Georgia Infantry Regiment which took part in battles around Richmond and Chattanooga. Stewart was captured and was a prisoner of war in Elmira, New York (typescript)

Creator:: Stewart, Tapley H.
Date:: between 1865 and 1920
Format:: Text
Access:: Public

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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:: between 1865 and 1925
Format:: Text
Access:: Public