Charles H. Olmstead military records and letters, 1860-1865.

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Charles H. Olmstead military records and letters, 1860-1865.

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This collection consists of a microfilm copy of the military papers of Charles H. Olmstead. They contain orders, circulars, communications and reports, telegrams, and some letters about military matters written to Olmstead or issued by him, and also copies of communications written by him, all from the Civil War. In addition, there are 23 letters written by Olmstead to his wife who was in Savannah and later in Milledgeville. His letters to Mrs. Olmstead were written from Fort Pulaski, January 1861-March 1862; from James Island, July-October 1863; and from camps in northern Georgia in 1864. They contain many details about his activities and duties, his homesickness, and his estimates of the current situation and speculation about the future.

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Georgia Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 6928093

Georgia Historical Society

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Confederate States of America. Army. Georgia Infantry Regiment, 1st (1861-1865)

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Company D, 1st Regiment (Olmstead's), Georgia Volunteer Infantry, was known as the Savannah City Light Guards. It served in and around Savannah, in South Carolina, and with the Army of Tennessee in the Chattanooga and Atlanta campaigns. From the description of Confederate States of America Army, Georgia 1st Infantry Regiment, Company D returns and payroll, 1864. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 79470798 Company A of the 1st Regiment (Olmstead's), Georgia Vol...

Olmstead, Charles H.

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Charles Hart Olmstead (1837-1926), of Savannah, Ga., was a Confederate Army officer and member of the 1st Georgia Infantry Regiment. Olmstead was adjutant of the 1st Georgia Volunteer Regiment and, under the command of Colonel A. R. Lawton, took part in the occupation of Fort Pulaski, Ga., at the mouth of the Savannah River. When Colonel Lawton was sent to Virginia as general, Olmstead was made colonel of the 1st Georgia Regiment and remained at Fort Pulaski until he was forced to surrender. Olm...