Samuel House Civil War Letters. 1862-1865.

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Samuel House Civil War Letters. 1862-1865.

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Photostats of letters by Samuel House, Co. L. Artillery Corps, dated 1862-65, written from army camps near Cornish, Columbus & Vicksburg, Miss. & Castle William, Governors Island, N.Y. Harbor to his parents Mr. & Mrs. Samuel C. House, Knoxville, Tenn.; included are notes taken from a letter from Samuel House's daughter, Retta House Bowen to Mrs. D.A. Avant of the U.D.C., which lists the places where Sam House was stationed or in U.S. Military Prisons during the Civil War; a detailed account of the sinking of the Monitor is given in a letter to his sister, and an account of the Battle at Vicksburg in other letters.

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House, Samuel Woods, 1830-1911

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Samuel House was a soldier in the "Southern Guards Artillery" during the first year of the American Civil War. He enlisted in the Confederate Army at Memphis, Tennessee on April 15, 1861. His unit would later become known as "Johnston's Heavy Artillery Company" in early 1862. House would see combat at Vicksburg and Mobile Bay. He was captured at Vicksburg and later surrendered at Fort Morgan. He was imprisoned at Governor's Island and Elmira, New York. After the war, House became a successful ba...

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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...