Garlington family papers, 1829-1882.

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Garlington family papers, 1829-1882.

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Papers include instructions (1829) from Arnold Milner, commissioner of locations for Laurens District (S.C.), to "any deputy surveyor" to lay out a tract of land for John Garlington; a receipt (1862) to the estate of J.D. Garlington for one year's subscription to the Charleston Mercury; a notice of non-payment (1863) of a debt owed to John D. Williams by H.W. Garlington, notarized by Alexander Laughlin of Richland District (S.C.), with an attached promissory note. Also included is a scrapbook fragment (1836-1865?) containing newspaper clippings concerning the Confederate States of America and other topics; a presidential pardon (1865) for H.W. Garlington issued by Andrew Johnson; Confederate military records, including orders, discharge and parole papers, quartermaster's records including orders to pay, and receipts; letters; a petition (1867) from the town council of Aiken (S.C.) to General D.E. Sickles (Union commander of the 2nd military district of the Department of the South) regarding the use of money from inn licenses for the improvement of town sanitation; accounts for expenses for the transport and burial of the body of H.L. Garlington; an invoice (1861) for cloth, a sword, buttons, and other items bought of Spencer & Teague (Charleston, S.C.); photographs (1882) of a German observatory at Aiken (S.C.) set up to study the transit of Venus; and other items.

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Garlington, Henry Laurens, 1839-1864.

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Confederate Army officer. The son of Henry W. Garlington of South Carolina, he entered Confederate service in the 3rd South Carolina Regiment. He was wounded at the Battle of the Wilderness on May 6, 1864 and died soon afterwards. From the description of Letter : to [Henry W. Garlington], 1863 Dec. 12. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 37521985 ...

Garlington, William Hunter, 1834-1889.

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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...

Garlington family.

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South Carolina family. Henry W. Garlington, the son of John Garlington (b. 1784), was a Confederate Army officer. Henry W. Garlington was the father of William Hunter Garlington (1834-1889) and Henry Laurens Garlington (1839-1864), both of whom were born in Laurens County. William Hunter Garlington was a physician who served as a surgeon in a Georgia regiment of the Confederate Army. He died in Walnut Grove, Alabama. Henry Laurens Garlington entered Confederate service in the 3rd South Carolina ...