John H. Kelly letter to Major E.S. Barford, dated July 28, 1864.

Authors

John Herbert Kelly, Confederate States Army

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Description

Confederate brigadier general John H. Kelly writes a letter at 1 a.m., describing his slow progress and intentions to "strike the Flat Shoals and Jonesboro war." Dated July 28, 1864, at "McDonega & Atlanta Road."

Transcription

Hd. Qtrs. J.H. Kelly Div McDonega & Atlanta Road 1 A.M. July 28, 1864 Maj- I have the honor to state that my command is on the war. I will strike the Flat Shoals & Jonesboro War, at a point about four mile from Flat shoals, between Flat Shoals & Jonesboro- It is so dark that the Command is necessarily compelled to move slowly. I fear my Couriers will find great difficulty in reaching you owing to the darkness- Respy J.H. Kelly Brig. Gen'l Cmdg.'

Creation Date

7-28-1864

State/Province

Georgia

Country

United States

Creator Life Dates

1840-1864

Keywords

John H. Kelly, Flat Shoals, Jonesboro, Jonesborough, Georgia, Atlanta, war, Confederate

Resource Identifier

080502-18

Date Digital

April 2014

Document Type

Manuscript

Disciplines

Military History | United States History

Format (medium)

manuscript

Format (IMT)

PDF

Language

En-us

Digitization Specifications

800ppi 24-bit depth color; Scanned with an Epson 15000 Photo scanner with Epson Scan software; Archival master is a TIFF; TIFFs converted to PDF with Adobe Acrobat XI Pro.

Source

The original from which this digital representation is taken is housed in The Littlejohn Collection at Wofford College, located in the Sandor Teszler Library.

Recommended Citation

Kelly, John Herbert, "John H. Kelly letter to Major E.S. Barford, dated July 28, 1864." (1864). Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection. 241.
https://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/littlejohnmss/241

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