Camp family papers, 1858-1877.

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Camp family papers, 1858-1877.

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The collection consists mostly of correspondence between the Camp family. The Civil War correspondence describes the activities of Raleigh Spinks Camp (b. 1831) with 7th Texas Infantry Regiment and 40th Georgia Infantry Regiment, and Thomas Lumpkin Camp (1832-1878) with Phillips' Legion and 40th Georgia Infantry Regiment. The collection also includes poems, and family genealogy. Correspondents include Raleigh Camp's wife, Laura Camp.

.5 linear ft. (2 boxes)

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6927325

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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Confederate States of America. Army. Georgia Infantry Regiment, 40th

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Confederate States of America. Army. Texas Infantry Regiment, 7th

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Camp, Thomas Lumpkin, 1832-1878

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Confederate States of America. Army. Phillips Legion

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Camp family.

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Raleigh Camp was elected Captain of Company B, 7th Regiment, Texas Infantry on 2 October 1861. He then became Major of the 40th Georgia Infantry Regiment, March 19, 1862, and moved on to become acting Inspector General in 1863. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi, July 4, 1863, he was then paroled July 6, 1863. On May 23, 1864, Raleigh Camp was furloughed from the Floyd House Hospital in Macon, Georgia, after being there forty-five days suffering from a wound in his left arm. Thomas Lumpkin Camp ...

Camp, Raleigh Spinks, 1831-

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Camp, Laura

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