In November 1864, the Georgia General Assembly passed an act relieving taxpayers of property taxes on property destroyed or rendered useless by the public enemy or by order of the commanding Generals of the Confederate Army. Taxpayers signed an affidavit describing the property destroyed, who destroyed it (Union or Confederate forces). Most affidavits are from Clayton and Henry Counties, with some from Cobb and a few from other counties in the path of General Sherman's Union forces.

This series contains special orders issued to the individual officers and men of the Georgia Air National Guard. Included are: (1) discharges, (2) appointments, (3) assignments, (4) statements of security clearances, and (5) transportation instructions.

This series consists of the file copy of permanent orders issued by the Adjutant General or his Assistant to the Army National Guard. These orders primarily apply to individual officers or men or to specific units rather than having a general application throughout the command. They include: awards, commendations , annual training orders, administrative and personnel instructions, transfers to State Retired List, unit designations, amendments to orders, and other directives.

The bulk of this series consists of incoming correspondence to the Adjutant General's office during the Civil War. Other records include adjutant general's orders and general files from the early 1900's.

Adjutant General's Incoming Correspondence, 1861 - 1865 scanned and available on Ancestry.com. Collection's Name: Georgia, U.S., Civil War Correspondence, 1861–1865

This series consists of records of the Georgia Militia and the Georgia National Guard, 1779-1975. Among the records are reports, orders, rosters, correspondence, muster rolls, and pay rolls.

Georgia law required the counties to report to the state the number of men between the ages of 18 and 45 eligible for military duty every year beginning in 1860. In 1860, many of these men had already enlisted in local militia units.

This series contains the file copy of special orders issued by the Adjutant General. Special orders are those which apply to individual officers or men or to specific units rather than having a general application throughout the command. These orders announce: (1) resignations, (2) promotions, (3) discharges, (4) awards, (5) commendations, (6) the granting of leave, (7) temporary and permanent duty assignments, and (8) appointments to service schools.

This series includes the following publications: "Record of Service of Connecticut Men in the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps of the United States in the Spanish- American War, 1898 - 1904," and "Report on the Origin & Spread of Typhoid Fever in U.S. Military Camps during the Spanish/American War of 1898."

These emergency plans contain instructions and authorizations to various county and municipal officials outlining certain actions to be taken in the event of major emergencies resulting from such events as fires, tornadoes, or invasion by alien forces. The plans usually contain indexes and bear titles including the name of the county or municipality affected.

This series contains binders containing civil defense emergency plans for the State of Georgia and published handbooks and guides issued by the state organization and the federal government. Also included are a few copies of a civil defense newsletter. Most of the dated items in the series were produced in the 1950s when interest in civil defense was at its zenith.

This "roster of personnel serving or having served in the state defense corps and Georgia State Guard'' was completed April 1, 1946. Besides the names of enlisted men and officers in separate alphabetical sequences, the l) rank, (2) city in which each unit was located, (3) battalion number, (4) company letter and (5) unit and battalion numbers are indicated when applicable. The enlisted men's roster is first followed by that for the officers.

Originally formed in the spring of 1940, the State Defense Corps was later reorganized and renamed by the governor (1941) and the General Assembly (1943). The Georgia State Guard functioned only while the Georgia National Guard was inactive federal service during and immediately after World War II. These records can serve as proof of service, but they are not complete as men have proven service in the State Guard by other means.