Mark Anthony Civil War letter, 1864.

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Mark Anthony Civil War letter, 1864.

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This collection contains a letter from Mark Anthony to Miss Lizzie Coleman and its transcription with a reply from Coleman. The letter was written from Kingston, Georgia, and is dated May 22, 1864. Mark Anthony writes to Miss Lizzie Coleman. In this letter he recalls the anniversary of the 2nd assault on Vicksburg, Mississippi. Mark writes briefly of his regiment's involvement in the Battle of Resaca only mentioning their loss of men to death and injury. He outlines his orders to march to Atlanta, Georgia without rest until the city is taken by the Federal Army. Mark Anthony affirms his belief that the Confederates will be beaten easily, but that the true threat to the Union is the demand for peace with the South made by the Copperheads. In this letter he declares his intent to serve in the infantry until the war is over and then find a wife upon his return home. He also conveys news of Lizzie's brother Thomas Coleman and her friend Martin Claybaugh. In the reply to Mark Anthony from Lizzie Coleman she thanks him for the information about her brother.

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Atlanta History Center, Kenan Research Center / Cherokee Garden Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7537110

Atlanta History Center, Kenan Research Center / Cherokee Garden Library

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Claybaugh, Martin.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6447mn2 (person)

Coleman, Thomas S.

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This collection includes a Confederate army pass to a T. Coleman, authorized by a lieutenant on 23 January 1863. With only one handwritten manuscript in this collection, it has not been possible to positively identify any name within this collection. With only two organized Confederate forces in Mississippi on January 1863, the pass had to come from either Nathan Bedford Forrest's cavalry command or Joseph E. Johnston's emerging army around Jackson. It would not be possi...

Coleman, Lizzie.

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Anthony, Mark, 1966-

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Mark Anthony (1843-1864) was born in 1843, in Missouri. He enlisted as a 2nd Lieutenant in Company I of the 6th Regiment Missouri Volunteer Infantry, which was part of the 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 15th Army Corps of the Union Army of Tennessee. The 6th Regiment Missouri Volunteer Infantry was organized in St. Louis, Missouri on June 1, 1861. It participated in the Battle of Vicksburg and the Battle of Resaca and then joined General Sherman for the Siege of Atlanta and the March to the Sea. He ...