McCowen family papers, 1861-1864.

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McCowen family papers, 1861-1864.

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The collection consists of five letters, a poem and a newspaper obituary of Benjamin B. McCowen. The letters are from Benjamin, Duncan, and E.C. to their family in Monroe County, Georgia. An 1861 letter from Benjamin in Warrington, Florida mentions the fortifications at Fort Pickens, and an 1862 letter from Duncan in Richmond to his sister Lizzie gives the details of her husband's death. The poem written by E.A. Whiteside to her husband, (possibly James A. Whiteside of the 12th regiment, Company E), and her 1864 letter describes the war news she is getting from newspapers and her opinions of General Johnston and General Hood.

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Confederate States of America. Army. Georgia Infantry Regiment, 53rd

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Trammell, E. Cisero, d. 1862

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McCowen, Duncan Green, fl. 1862

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Hood, John Bell, 1831-1879

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Commander of the 4th Texas Regiment. From the description of Letter, 1862 Jan. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70973320 Army officer. From the description of Note of John Bell Hood, 1870. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450985 Confederate Army officer, stationed at Nashville (Davidson Co.), Tenn. From the description of Papers, 1862-1865. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19793299 John Bell Hood (b. June 1, 1831, Bat...

Whiteside, E. A., fl. 1864

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McCowen, Benjamin B., d. 1863.

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Benjamin B. McCowen, his brother Duncan Green McCowen, and his brother-in-law E. Cisero Trammell (husband of "Lizzie") were in the 53rd Regiment, Company K during the Civil War. Benjamin was killed in the battle of Gettysburg on July 2, 1863 and Cisero died of measles on August 7, 1862 in Richmond, Virginia. "[Joseph E.] Johnston won the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain against Union general William T. Sherman on June 27, 1864, he continued to retreat, allowing Sherman to mov...

Trammell, Lizzie, fl. 1862

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Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891

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Confederate general. From the description of Letter (copy), 1861 Sept. 11 : Manassas, Va., to G.T. Beauregard. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122489351 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Selma [Alabama], to Colonel Blanton Duncan, 1867 Jan. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270489683 From the description of Letter, October 9, 1861. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 443082432 Benjamin Stoddert E...