Benjamin S. Williams correspondence, certificate, and poem, 1863-1919.

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Benjamin S. Williams correspondence, certificate, and poem, 1863-1919.

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This collection consists of three letters, a certificate, and a poem. The first letter, from William S. Dilworth to Maj. Wilson, 1863, requests distress leave for Lieutenant Williams. The second letter, from Misses Watkins and Prentiss to Lieutenants Williams and Rawls, invited the lieutenants to tea. Williams and Rawls were at the Blind School Hospital at the time. The third letter is from A.M. Manigault to Capt. B.S. Williams, 1881. Manigault notifies Williams that his commission as Captain of Company A of the 3rd Regiment Cavalry, S.V.T., has been accepted by Governor Haygood. Also included in the collection are a certificate of B.S. Williams' Confederate military service in Company A, Altamaha Scouts Company I, and a satirical poem about love, signed by Thomas Williams.

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Confederate states of America. Army

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The Savannah Ordnance Depot, Savannah, Georgia, was organized as a field depot during the Civil War. In April 1864, it became the Savannah Arsenal under the supervision of the Chief of Ordnance. From the description of Savannah Ordnance Depot employment roll, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477938 The Confederate States of America Army may have created the position of Purchasing Commissary of Subsistence to oversee the distribution of food and other supplies to the Co...

Haygood, Atticus G. (Atticus Greene), 1839-1896

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Atticus G. Haygood, an editor, author, and educator, was a distinguished president of Emory College and a progressive bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. He gained national prominence as a spokesman for the New South, promoting business and commercial development, and he fearlessly preached reunion, reconciliation, and educational opportunity for African Americans. He also championed such causes as federal aid to education and prohibition. Atticus Greene Haygood was born on November...

Williams, Benjamin S., b. 1843.

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Benjamin S. Williams was the son of Col. Gilbert W.M. Williams, commander of the 47th Georgia Volunteer Regiment. Benjamin enlisted in the Confederate States Army at Savannah and began his service in 1861 in the 1st Corp, 1st Company F of the 25th Georgia Regiment. On May 12, 1862, he was transferred to Company G of the 47th Georgia Volunteer Regiment as a private. He became adjutant may 12, 1862 and served throughout the Civil War. From the description of Benjamin S. Williams corres...