Jerry Cowles family papers, 1842-1862.

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Jerry Cowles family papers, 1842-1862.

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This collection consists of papers concerning the family of Jerry Cowles. Included are an 1862 military posting; an 1850 Mississippi land deed for land on Natches Island in the Mississippi River from David C. Campbell of Baldwin County, Georgia, to the trustee for Sarah C. Cowles and Children of New York; and several personal accounting records. In September 1862, Jerry Cowles received a military pass signed by G.W. Lee permitting him to go to Mill Valley, Georgia, on government business. The collection also contains a bill of sale of furniture, from Bibb County, Georgia, and a clipping of a photograph of General Lee and his staff.

1 folder (.05 cubic feet)

Georgia Historical Society

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Georgia Historical Society

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Lee, George Washington Custis, 1832-1913

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Born in 1832, George Washington Custis Lee was the oldest of the Lees' children and had the reputation of a trouble maker as a small child. But he grew up to be a serious, and most capable young man and graduated at the top of his class from the United States Military Academy in 1854. After graduation, Custis pursued a military career. In May 1861, Custis resigned his commission in the U.S. Army shortly after Virginia voted to secede from the Union. During the Civil War he attained the rank of B...

Cowles family.

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Cowles, Jerry.

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