A. T. and Elizabeth Holliday Civil War correspondence 1863-1864.

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A. T. and Elizabeth Holliday Civil War correspondence 1863-1864.

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This collection contains forty-one original letters written by A. T. Holliday to his wife, Elizabeth (Lizy). These letters were written between July 6, 1864 and September 10, 1864 during Mr. Holliday's service in the Georgia Militia in the Atlanta Campaign. Two additional letters in the collection were written by Elizabeth to A. T. Holliday during the same time period. The letters from A. T. include his reports of skirmishes along the Chattahoochee River and behind picket lines surrounding Atlanta during the months of July and August, 1864. His letters include reports and rumors about troop movements, military engagements, and the capture of enemy soldiers, the condition of Union soldiers at Andersonville Prison, and his opinions on the war in general. In addition, his letters contain information on the difficulty obtaining food, money, and other necessary supplies, drunkenness of the officers, his attempts at securing a furlough, his various ailments, and instructions to his wife for maintaining his farm in Washington, Georgia. The collection also includes photocopies of two letters from A. T. Holliday to Governor Joseph E. Brown dated July 22, 1863 and July 29, 1864. The earlier letter is a plea to the Governor to make some sort of provision for the protection of the women and children of Wilkes County while their husbands and fathers were serving in the army. He alludes to the ⁰́₋nature⁰́₊ of Negroes who are unsupervised and expresses great concern for the safety of his wife and five children. The second letter is a petition for a furlough for the purpose of attending to the estate of his deceased mother.

50 letters (1 document case).

Atlanta History Center, Kenan Research Center / Cherokee Garden Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8118716

Atlanta History Center, Kenan Research Center / Cherokee Garden Library

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