Augusta University Libraries Finding Aids

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This collection is comprised of a single copy of the National Geographic Map, "Battlefields of the Civil War."

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Newspaper clippings, lists of scholars, tuition payments.

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Correspondence, membership applications, printed items, financial records, roster book and committee records

Abstract Original letters, beginning with business letters to Thomas Cumming, first intendant (mayor) of Augusta, letters from his children through several generations. There is a large group of letters from Julien Cumming from a prison camp during the Civil War. Julien later died there. Thomas Cumming (1765-1834), businessman, married Anne Clay (1767-1849), resided in Augusta, Georgia and had eight children. Their children included Joseph (1790-1846) and Henry Harford (1799-1866) who married Julia...

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Documents prior to, during, and after the Civil War. This collection is composed of items related to the Civil War and Stovall's participation in the war as a Confederate officer. Please use the microfilm of this collection.

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Correspondence of Joseph B. Cumming up to his death in 1983.

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This collection is comprised of transcribed letters originally written by Julien Cumming, as well as a speech he wrote. Other collection materials include later genealogical research conducted by descendants.

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This collection is comprised of a single letter written by J.W. Call to his wife, Fanny Call, in February, 1865. J.W. Call was a Corporal from South Carolina, and fought for the Confederacy in the 3rd Battalion of South Carolina, also known as the Palmetto Battalion. This letter was sent from Brewton Station, in Southern Alabama, and discusses morale, the food eaten by the soldiers, ad well as a series of poems Call wrote to his wife.

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This collection includes the minute books and constitution of the Ladies Memorial Association from the late 1800's and early 1900's. These records document the Ladie's activities as part of the Association.

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This collection is comprised of 12 folders of the papers of Samuel Vance Fulkerson. The collection includes correspondence, notes, and military related documents.

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A ledger containing petitions to the government of the Confederate States of America for compensation for contracted or commandeered slaves