Stephen Alfestus and Margaret Palmer Corker papers, 1859-1916.

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Stephen Alfestus and Margaret Palmer Corker papers, 1859-1916.

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The collection consists of correspondence and genealogy. The correspondence is mainly from Stephen Corker to his wife while he was a prisoner of war. In the letters he describes conditions of the prison, food, clothing, fellow prisoners, concerns for his wife, his son, and hopes for a prisoner exchange. there are also letters from Corker while he was a congressman in Washington, DC (1871). The other letters in the collection are from Margaret Corker to her son Frank and from her family and friends. Of special interest is a letter (18 August 1863) from Robert E. Lee to Mrs. Corker concerning the fate of her husband after the Battle of Gettysburg. This is a very important Lee letter (written by an adjuant but likely dictated by Lee). Transcripts of the letter are included.

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Corker, Stephen Alfestus, 1830-1879.

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Stephen Alfestus Corker (1830-1879) was born in Burke County, Georgia and married Margaret Myrtis Palmer (1840-1916). He served as captain of Company A, 3rd Georgia Regiment during the Civil War. He was captured during the Battle of Gettysburg July 2, 1863 and sent to prison on Johnson's Island (Ohio). He remained a prisoner there until February 1865 when he was transferred to City Point, Virginia and later paroled. After the war he was a lawyer, a member of the Georgia House of Representatives,...

Lee, Robert Edward, 1807-1870

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Robert Edward Lee (1807-1870) served as General of the Confederate Army in the U.S. Civil War and was president of Washington College in Lexington, Virginia from 1865 to 1870. Lee spent the first twenty-three years of his military career in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. From 1837 to 1841 he was superintending engineer for the harbor of St. Louis and the upper Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Robert E. Lee was a United States Army officer, 1829-1861; commander of Virginia forces in the ...

Corker, Frank

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Confederate States of America. Army. Georgia Infantry Regiment, 3rd Company A.

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Corker, Margaret Myrtis Palmer, 1840-1916

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