John Dudley Tatum letters, 1855-1862 [manuscript].

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John Dudley Tatum letters, 1855-1862 [manuscript].

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Letters from Tatum to hs sisters in Milledgeville, Ga., while he was a student at Mercer College (now Mercer University), then at Penfield, Ga., 1855-1858, and at the University of North Carolina, 1859-1861, discussing school life and social activities; as a teacher in Alabama and Arkansas, discussing social customs, the surrounding countryside, and Arkansas's secession; and while in the Confederate Army, 1861-1862, as a member of Co. E, 48th Regiment of Alabama Volunteers, stationed near Savannah Ga., discussing camp life and preparations for the city's defense, and in Tennessee. Tatum was killed at the Battle of Murfreesboro, 1862. In his letters, he expressed great interest in his sisters' education and included comments about their deportment and letter-writing.

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University of North Carolina (1793-1962)

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The University of North Carolina was chartered by the state's General Assembly in 1789. Its first student was admitted in 1795. The governing body of the University, from its founding until 1932, was a forty-member Board of Trustees elected by the General Assembly. The Board met twice a year; at other times the business of the University was carried on by the Board's secretary-treasurer and by the presiding professor (called president beginning in 1804). Other faculty members later assumed the r...

Tatum, John Dudley, 1839-1862.

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John Dudley Tatum (1839-1862) was born near Milledgeville, Ga., to Herbert Dudley Tatum, a native of North Carolina, and Frances Kirby Greene Tatum, a native of Virginia. He was educated at Mercer College (now Mercer University), then at Penfield, Ga., and at the University of North Carolina, 1855-1858. He was for a time a teacher in Alabama and Arkansas and served in Company E, 48th Regiment of Alabama Volunteers, Confederate Army. Tatum was killed at the Battle of Murfreesboro. Fro...

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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...