Benjamin L. Mobley letters, 1861-1891.

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Benjamin L. Mobley letters, 1861-1891.

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The collection consists of the papers of Benjamin L. Mobley from 1861-1891. Approximately three-fourths of the 82 items in the collection, are letters written by Benjamin L. Mobley and James M. Mobley to their parents and sister while they served in the Confederate Army. Most of the war letters were written from camps outside Richmond, Yorktown, and Fredericksburg, Virginia from 1861 through 1863. The Mobleys were not well educated; neither were they very descriptive writers. Nevertheless, their letters occasionally provide interesting details about life in Cobb's Legion. In October, 1861 the winter camp at Cockle Town, near Yorktown, reported many cases of measles. James Mobley praised the commanding officer, Colonel Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb (1823-1862) in a January 14, 1862 letter. Letters written in the winter of 1863 describe snowball fights among Cobb's Legion and other Confederate units camped near Fredericksburg.

.125 linear ft. (1 partial box)

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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Mobley family.

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Thomas Read Rootes Cobb (1823-1862) was a lawyer of Georgia and later a Confederate brigadier general. He was killed at the Battle of Fredericksburg, Va. From the guide to the Thomas Read Rootes Cobb Letters, ., 1855-1862, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb (1823-1862), lawyer and Brigadier General, born at Cherry Hill plantation in Jefferson County, Georgia. During the Civil War, he commanded Cobb...

Confederate States of America. Army. Cobbs Legion. Infantry Battalion.

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Mobley, Benjamin L.

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Benjamin L. Mobley, farmer and Confederate soldier, was apparently born in Burke County, Georgia. He and his brother James Madison Mobley (b. 1840) enlisted as privates August 1, 1861 in Company E of Cobb's Legion, Georgia Volunteers. Their company, also called the Poythress Volunteers, served with the infantry battalion of Cobb's Legion for the duration of the Civil War, spending much of the time in Virginia. After the war the Mobley brothers returned to their homes near Waynesboro, Georgia. It...

Confederate states of America. Army

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The Savannah Ordnance Depot, Savannah, Georgia, was organized as a field depot during the Civil War. In April 1864, it became the Savannah Arsenal under the supervision of the Chief of Ordnance. From the description of Savannah Ordnance Depot employment roll, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477938 The Confederate States of America Army may have created the position of Purchasing Commissary of Subsistence to oversee the distribution of food and other supplies to the Co...