Collection Size:  33 items

Date Span: 1859-1866

Scope / Content: Letters (1859) from Mary A. George to her children, Mary J. and Charles H., during a trip north with her husband; letters (1861-64) from Charles H. George to his sisters, Mary J. and Mattie; and letters (1865-66) from Charles H. George's widow, Flora, to Mattie George.

Biographical Sketch: The George family lived in Griffin, Georgia where Rev. George was a minister of the Episcopal Church. His son, Charles H. George, enlisted in 1861 in a Georgia regiment which was stationed near Norfolk, Virginia. In May 1862, he received a commission in a battalion of sharpshooters of the 5th Georgia Infantry, stationed in Mississippi. He served in Mississippi, Tennessee and Georgia, and died of wounds received during the Atlanta Campaign.

SERIES 1: CHARLES GEORGE CORRESPONDENCE

• January 15, 1859 to Miss M.J. George, Albany, Georgia
• Sewells Point, Virginia, to sister, June 15, 1861
• Sewells Point, Virginia, to Mary, August 5, 1861
• Sewells Point to Mary, August 14, 1861
• Camp Huger near Norfolk, Virginia, to Mary, September 22, 1861
• Camp Huger, Virginia, to sister, October 21, 1861
• Camp Huger to Misses Mattie and Mary George, November 20, 1861
• Corinth, Mississippi, to sister, May 27, 1862
• Tupelo to sister, June 10, 1862
• Tupelo, Mississippi, to sister, June 28, 1862
• Camp Gadsden near Tines Station, 6 Co. Tennessee to sister, July 17, 1862
• Bridgeport to Mary, December 13, 1862
• Camp Ansley, Chattanooga, Tennessee, to Mary, January 24, 1863
• Chattanooga, Tennessee, to Mary G. George, Griffin, Georgia, March 6, 1863
• Camp Wild Cat, Dalton, Georgia, to Mary, March 13, 1864
• Camp Wild Cat near Dalton, Georgia, to Mattie, March 27, 1864
• Camp Wild Cat near Dalton, Georgia, to Mary, April 6, 1864
• Camp Wild Cat near Dalton, Georgia, to Mattie, April 23, 1864
• Camp Wild Cat to sister, May 7, 1864
• Camp near Marietta to sister, June 9, 1864

SERIES 2: PAPERS ABOUT CHARLES GEORGE

• "The Confederate Dead" by Col. Thodore O'Hara-manuscript
• "Death of Capt. C. H. George" news clipping-unidentified

SERIES 3: FLORA GEORGE CORRESPONDENCE

• Flora, Griffin, to Mary J. George, Cuthbert, Georgia, June 22, 1865
• Flora, Griffin, Georgia, to Mattie, May 3, 1866
• Flora, Griffin, Georgia, to Mattie, April 19

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