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Lane, Mills. Mills Bee Lane IV typescript for Dear Mother... and collection of Civil War letters, 1861-1977.

Title: Mills Bee Lane IV typescript for Dear Mother... and collection of Civil War letters, 1861-1977.

This collection consists of typed copies of Civil War letters of Georgia residents and a typescript of Mills Bee Lane IV's Dear Mother. The letters, 1861-1863, were written by Captain Shepard G. Pryor. Pryor served in the Confederate States Army in the Muckalee Guards, Company A of the 12th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Most of the letters were written by him to his wife; some letters were written from his wife and family members to Pryor. The collection includes a photocopy of the typescript for Lane's Dear Mother, don't grieve about me. If I get killed, I'll only be dead: Letters from Georgia Soldiers in the Civil War.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes (1.0 cubic feet)

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Pryor, S. G. (Shepherd Green), 1828-1911. Shepherd Green Pryor papers, 1837-1863 (bulk 1861-1863).

Title: Shepherd Green Pryor papers, 1837-1863 (bulk 1861-1863).

The collection consists of the papers of Shepherd Green Pryor from 1837-1863. The majority of the collection contains letters (1861-1863) between Green and his wife, Penelope, while he served with Company A of the 12th Georgia Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. The letters are mainly from camps in Virginia while the Company fought through the Valley Campaign, the Seven Days Battle, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg. The collection also includes deeds, photographs of and biographical material on the Pryor family of Sumter County (Ga.), and a typescript of most of the Civil War letters.

ArchivalResource: .5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38477908 View