Military letters and papers of Hanvey of Coweta County, Ga., concerning antebellum militia and the 12th Georgia Artillery Battalion, Confederate States of America Hanvey was stationed in Macon and Newnan, Ga., and at a navy yard in Florida. The letters concern troop movements, provisions, praise from an officer, and Hanvey's discharge from Johnson Island Prison (Ohio). The pre-war material includes a letter from Hanvey promising to put his corps, the Newnan Guards, at the service of the governor of South Carolina should they be needed.
