Thaddeus Kosciusko Oglesby letter, 1909.

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Thaddeus Kosciusko Oglesby letter, 1909.

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This collection consists of a letter from S.J. Harrison to Thaddeus Kosciusko Oglesby, 1909, regarding a monument erected in Palmyra to the "Ten Martyrs." Harrison requests a copy of Oglesby's book containing the story of the manacling of Jefferson Davis on his capture; the book to which Harrison refers is Oglesby's Some Truths of History... (1903). Burton N. Harrison, Jefferson Davis' secretary, was S.J. Harrison's first cousin.

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Georgia Historical Society

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Georgia Historical Society

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Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

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Mary Ann Lamar Cobb (1818-1889), wife of Gen. Howell Cobb (1815-1868). From the description of Letter to Mary Ann Lamar Cobb, 1888 Oct. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476494 Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) was born in Kentucky. He attended Transylvania University for a short time before enrolling at West Point in 1824, at the age of 16. He graduated in 1828 and immediately joined the First Infantry. His regiment was engaged in the Blackhawk War of 1831. In 1833, he became a...

Oglesby, Thaddeus K., 1848-1920.

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Thaddeus K. Oglesby (1848-1920) was born in Missouri but spent most of his life in Georgia. His father was the Superintendent of Schools in Fort Gaines, Georgia. Oglesby enlisted in Company A, Cobb's Guard, of the Georgia Infantry in August, 1864, served with the 24th Georgia Regiment of Artillery, and was paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina in April 1865. He was the news editor of the Augusta Chronicle, editor of the Athens Banner, and worked for the New Orleans Time-Democrat. Oglesby lived i...