William Andrew Reid letters and Civil War scrapbook, 1846-1865.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

William Andrew Reid letters and Civil War scrapbook, 1846-1865.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/137281829

This collection consists of two family letters and a Civil War scrapbook. The letters are from William and N.C. to a member of the Wheeler family (William Reid's wife's family), telling of William Blanding's wife's death and of his subsequent move to Providence, Rhode Island. The scrapbook contains original Special and General orders, and letters mostly pertaining to Reid's service. Also included are two Confederate imprint broadsides which have been recorded in Collections of the Georgia Historical Society, XVI, as well as a manuscript map of military activities in the Dalton, Georgia, area.

2 folders (.15 cubic feet)

Georgia Historical Society

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6822280

Georgia Historical Society

Related Entities

There are 2 Entities related to this resource.

Reid, William Andrew.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sr2cpt (person)

William Andrew Reid was the son of John Hope Reid and Ruth Welman Reid of Savannah, Georgia. During the Civil War he was Captain of Company I of the 1st Louisiana Infantry Regiment of the Army of Tennessee. He also served as Assistant Inspector General on General Bragg's staff. Reid was wounded in the battles of Murfreesboro and Shiloh. He married Aurelia Murray Wheeler in Mobile, Alabama, on December 17, 1867. From the description of William Andrew Reid letters and Civil War scrapbo...

Confederate States of America. Army. Louisiana Infantry, 1st

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6480ks5 (corporateBody)