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Augusta State University Reese Library 2500 Walton Way Augusta, Georgia 30904-2200 http://www.aug.edu/library Augusta Arsenal Reference: 91-02 This collection contains payrolls, receipts, and inventories for Augusta Arsenal from April to July 1861. Included are ordnance and ordnance stores from units in an around Charleston, South Carolina, Fort Pulaski, and the Arsenal at Augusta, Georgia, as well as lists of male and female employees. Augusta Arsenal Reference: 94-10-3 This collection contains an order book for the Augusta Arsenal during the Civil War. Berry and Charles Benson Collection Reference: 83-37 This collection contains letters, memoirs, and sheet music belonging to Berry and Charles Benson. Included is a manuscript of Berry’s book, and an 1883 day book. Berry served in Company H,1st South Carolina Infantry Regiment. Clinch Rifles Minutes, 1851–1861 Reference: 80-10 This collection contains the minutes of the Clinch Rifles (Augusta, Georgia) from 1851–1861.The minutes document election of officers,committee findings,discipline of members, resolutions, and other activities. In 1861, the minutes discuss the Rifles’involvement in escorting various units preparing to leave for battle, list of people who made donations for use of the Rifles,a partial list of members,and an incomplete history of the unit’s activities during the Civil War as Company A, 5th Regiment GVI. Cumming Family Papers Reference: Ms 83-03 This collection of letters, 1830–1864, contains letters written by the following individuals: Julien Cumming, 1862–1864, 48th Regiment GVI during the Peninsula Campaign and later as a prisoner on Johnson’s Island; Alfred Cumming of the 10th Regiment GVI from camps in Virginia; Joseph Bryan Cumming of the 5th Regiment GVI from camps in Mississippi; Thomas Cumming of the 16th Regiment GVI Regiment; and Henry H. Cumming who may have been in the 1st Regiment Georgia Local Defense Troops (Augusta). Henry S. Dortic Letters Reference: 93-13 This collection contains letters, June 5, 1861, to July 25, 1862, by Henry S. Dortic while he was serving with the 48th Regiment GVI in Virginia. Harper War Diary Reference: 90-06 This collection contains a diary, February 28, 1864, to August 21,1865,by James Edwin Harper of the 27th Regiment GVI. Edward W. Herman Civil War Diary Reference: 94-9-2 This collection contains a diary, July 22, 1861, through July 31, 1864, written by Edward W. Herman of the 7th Iowa Infantry Regiment, detailing his activities from the time he enlisted in Iowa until the Atlanta Campaign. Laboratory Department Daily Report, August Arsenal Reference: S. C. UF543.A9 A332X This collection consists of a photocopy of a ninety-eight page daily lab report, April 16, 1864, through April 22, 1865, from the Augusta Arsenal. Original is in the Augusta-Richmond County Museum. Ladies Memorial Association Records, 1872–1924 Reference: 83-65-3 The collection consists of records of the Ladies Memorial Association of Augusta, Georgia, from 1872–1924. The records include constitutions, bylaws, membership rolls, lists of officers, financial accounts, lists of contributors to the fund, and minutes (1873–1883, 1903–1924). The minutes document the activities of the Association and contain information on election of officers, canvassing for donations, the erection of a Civil War monument, Decoration Day ceremonies, and cemetery maintenance. Miller Family Letters Reference: 92-01 This collection contains five letters, March 25, 1862, through 16 Augusta State University 272 Augusta State University November 9, 1864, by William Wallace Miller of the 1st South Carolina Cavalry Regiment; eight letters, April 30, 1864, through January 10, 1865, by Bender Nail Miller and John Meyer Miller of Walpole’s Company South Carolina Cavalry; two letters July 22,1862,and December 29,1864,by civilian William Smith of Tallassee, Alabama. Also included is one letter, December 31, 1864, by Georgia K. Smith from the camp of the 20th Regiment GVI, her husband’s unit. Lucius Henry Packard Diary Reference: R.C.H. CS71.P32Y This collection contains a computer typescript transcription of Lucius Henry Packard’s four diaries, 1861–1866, during his serviceinthe63rdRegimentGVI.Itincludestranscriptionsof letters,newspaper clippings,business papers and photographs of family members. Packard, a Massachusetts native, served in the Confederate army, but deserted in 1863. The first two diaries cover the time period from January 1, 1861, through July 9, 1862. The diaries resume on October 23, 1863, and chronicle his desertion and eventual return to Stoughton, Massachusetts. The fourth diary opens on December 27, 1865, and consists of accounts of business trips to St. Louis, Missouri, Chicago...

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