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Toomer family
The Toomer family of Portsmouth, Va., included Alice Virginia Toomer (b. 1841) and Fanny Wortley Toomer (1845-1868), daughters of James Gaskins Toomer (1801-1849) and Fanny Hodges Toomer (1808-1870). Samuel Fisher Tenney (1840-1926) was a soldier in Company K of the Third Georgia Infantry Regiment (known as Wright's Brigade or Athens' Guard). Tenney met Alice in Portsmouth in mid-1861, shortly after the Third Georgia Infantry Regiment was quartered at Portsmouth Navy Yard.
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| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| creatorOf | Toomer Family Papers, 1859-1868, 1973 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection |
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| associatedWith | Confederate States of America. Army. Georgia Infantry Regiment, 3rd. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Tenny, Samuel Fisher, 1840-1926. | person |
| associatedWith | Toomer, Alice Virginia, b. 1841. | person |
| associatedWith | Toomer, Fanny Wortley, 1845-1868. | person |
| Place Name | Admin Code | Country | |
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| Virginia | VA | US | |
| Portsmouth | VA | US |
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| Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862 |
| Bull Run, 2nd Battle of, Va., 1862 |
| Courtship |
| Fair Oaks, Battle of, Va., 1862 |
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| Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863 |
| Malvern Hill, Battle of, Va., 1862 |
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