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William A. Mosley family letters

 Collection
Identifier: 1973-0063M

Scope and Contents

Letters (1864-1865) from William Mosley to his wife, Louisa, while he was serving in Barnwell's Battery Light Artillery and stationed outside of Savannah in various camps where he was a surgeon. Although he tried to buy himself out of the army in exchange for supplying crops, he was still on duty in January 1865, aged 38. Five letters (1849-1850) are from Francis Fleming at home in Lincoln County, Georgia, to his daughter, Louisa, when she was in an Augusta boarding school. At various points, the family name is spelled Moseley, Mosley, and Mosely.

Dates

  • 1849-1865

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Unrestricted

Biographical / Historical

William A., son of Harriet F. Harvey and Seaborn Mosley or Moseley of Lincoln County, Georgia, trained as a physician but was also a farmer. He married Louisa C. Fleming, daughter of Susan Ann Bell and Francis Farrar Fleming, a planter in the same county and the son of Thurza Farrar and Robert Fleming.

Extent

1 folders

Language of Materials

English

Title
William A. Mosley family papers
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Georgia Archives Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
5800 Jonesboro Rd
Morrow GA 30260 United States