George W. Gift Papers, . 1862-1876

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George W. Gift Papers, . 1862-1876

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George Washington Gift (b. 1833) of Tennessee was a lieutenant in the Confederate Navy during the Civil War. In April 1864, he married Ellen Augusta Shackelford of Early County, Ga. The collection is chiefly correspondence between Ellen Shackelford Gift and George Washington Gift, written before and after their marriage, with a few letters from other members of the Shackeford and Gift families and from friends, including Catesby Ap Roger Jones, Gift's captain on the Most of the letters were written by George to Ellen while he was serving on Confederate ships, including the based at Chattahoochie, Fla.; the based at Mobile, Ala.; and the based at Wilmington, N.C. All of these letters concern daily life. After the war, Gift wrote many letters from Memphis, Tenn., as well as a few from New York, Hong Kong, and other places where he was involved in a variety of business ventures. These letters chiefly concern his daily activities, family news, and routine events, though there are extensive descriptions of Hong Kong. Ellen's letters to George chiefly concern family life. Chattahoochee. Chattahoochee, Gaines, Tallahassee,

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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Gift, George W. (George Washington), 1833-

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George Washington Gift (b. 1833) was raised in Tennessee, and went to California some time before the Civil War. He came home from California in the summer of 1861 in order to join the Confederate Navy. He served on several C.S.N. vessels in the coastal waters of North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Alabama, including the C.S.S. Chattahoochee, based at Chattahoochee, Fla.; the C.S.S. Gaines, based at Mobile, Ala.; the R.E. Lee, off the North Carolina coast; and the Tallahassee, based at Wilming...