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Military -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Arthur Grabowski papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS-106
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of loose papers, clippings, notes, correspondence, and photocopies of archival materials on Arthur Grabowski and the Grabowski family genealogy.

Dates: Other: Date acquired: 12/04/1984

Augusta Arsenal Matchbook Cover

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS-077
Scope and Contents

Collection contains a single used red matchbook cover that advertises for War Bonds and the Augusta Arsenal, featuring the phrase "Buy Bonds, Beat Hitler."

Dates: Other: Date acquired: 00/12/1983

Augusta Arsenal papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS-162
Scope and Contents

This collection contains financial, inventory, and administrative papers related to the Augusta Arsenal during the second quarter of 1861.

Dates: Created: April-July, 1861; Other: Date acquired: 06/11/1991

Camp Gordon "The Gold Bar" Book

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS-434
Content Description

An yearbook of Camp Gordon from 1918 covering different talents, activities, and general happenings of Camp Gordon.

Dates: 1917; Original donation date to the Augusta Genealogical Society: 1997

Henry S. Dortic Correspondence

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS-191
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of typed letters written by Henry S. Dortic of the 48th regiment of the Confederacy to his mother, who resided in Augusta, Georgia from March to June 1862. These lettes cover his experiences in the regiment, as well as the sociocultural environment of the American Civil War. Collection also contains several handwritten pages of Civil War research from an unknown source.

Dates: Created: March-June 1862

Letters sent by W. Bomford to Alexander C.W. Fanning

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: ARCHS -204

William H. Fletcher papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSS-282
Scope and Contents

Military documents, personal letters, photos and newspaper clippings written by or about William H. Fletcher during his WWII service.  Also includes information on boyhood friends who enlisted with Fletcher in Augusta, Georgia and comrades from the 350th Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group, Thorpe Abbots, England.

Dates: Created: 1942-2007; Other: Majority of material found in (1942-1945 ); Other: Date acquired: 05/14/2009