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Photographs of Atlanta and environs during occupation by Federal Troops
[1864 ca.]
Unmounted photograph of of unknown men and cannons taken in Atlanta Georgia during Union occupation in the Fall of 1864.
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to Richard H. Jackson
12 July 1862
Watson, Sam, fl. 1861-1864
He writes that the wounded and disabled are now coming in the thousands, mainly from McClellan. His father and wife are healthy but his father worries about him.
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27 July 1862
He writes that he hopes his current movements onboard a steamer toward Newport News turn out to be just as successful as his previous movements and talks about God having a hand in their success.
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17 August 1862
He apologizes for his lateness in answering. Then he warns him not to let Stonewall Jackson take any of his men prisoners. General Corcoran will be released soon.
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25 September 1862
He has been reading the papers and feels they give an accurate account. He hopes Richard comes home safe and mentions other soldiers like Fred, Phil and Davis.
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Davis, John, fl. 1861-1864
This is a letter from the father of a friend of his who is also fighting in the war. He is glad that so far Richard and John have been spared.
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13 October 1862
Watson, Martha, fl. 1861-1864
He writes that he is going to a masquerade party soon and last Monday he went to a surprise party.
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20 October 1862
Maxwell, A.S., fl. 1861-1864
He requests his knapsack.
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He writes that that he is very well and describes various tomfoolery such as dressing up in women's clothes and running out in the street where he talked to another girl and told her to call him Alice,
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2 November 1862
Watson writes that the state election is coming off tomorrow and he expects it to be a close one. He tells Richard to read the 90th psalm.
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Martha congratulates him on his promotion to 3rd Lieutenant. He also writes that another young lady said she was proud of him but he can't remember her name.
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10 November 1862
Armstrong, Jas, fl. 1861-1864
He is glad Richard is in command because there are so many drunken officers milling about. "Little Mac" was removed and he is glad because he thinks Mac is a bully. Also, he does not think the war will end under the present administration.
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11 November 1862
Maxwell, Alexander S., fl. 1861-1864
They had a ball recently and he met a young lady there called Miss Chambers. There was also a party at Miss Hilton's.
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15 November 1862
She has sent him a picture of herself.
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2 December 1862
Maxwell mainly talks about the young ladies that are now in his acquaintance.
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December 7, 1862
She does not like the fact that he called her "handsome" in his last letter.
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December 18, 1862
She writes that she is learning to skate. She tells Richard also of an incident in which she and other visited a soldiers' camp. One of the soldiers was drunk and insulted her.
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20 December 1862
Maxwell informs him that the ladies of Frederick think of him as a nice, handsome young fellow and they all wish he was back to spend Christmas and New Year's with them.
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December 26, 1862
She is glad he was not injured by the recent bombardment. She describes her Christmas which they spent with Richard's parents.
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December 27, 1862
Cafferty, R.P., fl. 1861-1864
He describes his Christmas and mentions that he got a letter from James Armstrong.
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She hopes he comes out of every battle safe. Currently, she belongs to a linting party that meets three times a week to scrape lint for the wounded soldiers.
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December 29, 1862
Austin, J.J., fl. 1861-1864
He mentions a letter from Charlie that describes a battle in Fredericksburg. He insists that Richard would like country life if he had not only experienced the hardships.
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1863
She describes her New Year's Day which involved a mouse.
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She says says she thinks the North will lose every battle. The other night she wore a Secessionist flag pinned to her chest and a man took it off and threw it in the fire. It was meant to be a joke, of course.
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2 January 1863
He describes what he did last Christmas Eve.
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