Lafayette McLaws collection, 1874-1888.

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Lafayette McLaws collection, 1874-1888.

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This collection consists of seven documents. They cover personal news such as taxes on the McLaws' Reynolds Street home and other financial and business dealings. Also included is a letter from Joseph S. Afford dated August 29, 1888 asking General McLaws about a flag of the 10th Georgia Regiment and telling him about a reunion of the Regiment.

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Georgia Historical Society

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Georgia Historical Society

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Confederate States of America. Army. Georgia Infantry Regiment, 10th.

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McLaws, Lafayette, 1821-1897

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Lafayette McLaws was born in Augusta, Georgia on January 15, 1821. He attended the University of Virginia in 1837, but before he completed his first year he was appointed a cadet at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He graduated from West Point in 1842. McLaws served in the U.S. Army on the Texas frontier and distinguished himself during the Mexican War (1846). When Georgia seceded from the Union he resigned his commission and was commissioned into the Confederate Army. He served with dis...