Francis Edgeworth Eve Scrapbook

Item — Box: 1

Identifier: ARCHS-011

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Scope and Contents

This item is a Confederate Survivors Association Scrapbook, compiled by Captain Francis Edgeworth Eve. The scrapbook contains sheet music, newspaper clippings, correspondence, personal accounts, and general materials related to the Confederate Survivors Asssociation. More specifically, the scrapbook details the relation of the CSA to the Augusta, Georgia area.

Dates

Created: 1893-1900
Other: Date acquired: 02/14/1979

Conditions Governing Access

While this book is open for research, access is restricted due to the fragility of the materials. This book must only be handled by Special Collections Staff or by researchers under special circumstances or provisions.

Conditions Governing Use

The Augusta Richmond County Historical Society is the owner of the physical collection and makes reproductions available for research purposes only. Materials within the collection are subject to the copyright law of the United States and item condition. the Augusta Richmond County Historical Society may or may not own the rights to materials in the collection. It is the researcher's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and obtain permission from the copyright holder before publication, reproduction, or display of the materials beyond what is reasonable under copyright law. Researchers may quote selections from the collection under the fair use provision of copyright law.

Biographical / Historical

Francis Edgeworth Eve (1844-1908) was a Confederate Civil War Captain and Augusta native. At the outbreak of the war, he went to Virginia as acting third lieutenant in the 5th Regiment of the North Carolina Infantry; returning to Georgia in October 1861, he failed in his effort to secure a lieutenancy, and on 1 May 1862, he enlisted as a private in the Richmond Hussars . On 10 February 1863, he was elected captain of the Richmond Dragoons , also known as Captain Eve’s Company of Cavalry. By November 1864 he was Captain of Cavalry Company K, Phillip’s Legion of Georgia Volunteers. According to his sister, Eva Berrien Eve, he was "the merriest young captain in Virginia” whose ‘happy, gleesome letters” were "written in the offhand nonchalant spirit of a gay boy cavalier.” After the War he married and settled on his large plantation ten miles southwest of Augusta. In 1877 he became junior partner of his brother-in-law, Charles Colcock Jones, Jr. in the law firm of Jones & Eve.149 Capt. Edge Eve was the last living male member of his branch of the family. He had no children though he had been married twice.

Extent

1.00 items (1 scrapbook)

Language

English

Additional Description

Abstract

A Confederate Survivors Association scrapbook compiled by Francis Edgeworth Eve. Scrapbook contains newspaper clippings, correspondence, and other miscellaneous materials.