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Robertson/Rives family Civil War letters

 Collection
Identifier: 1986-0014M

Scope and Contents

Collection includes correspondence between Peter Robertson, a captain in the 4th Regiment Georgia State Guards, to his wife, Dorinda C. Rives Robertson. Letters by her at home in Hall County, Georgia, to her husband; and by her brother, Robert William Rives, who had detail duty with the Hospital Corps in Atlanta, Georgia, because of a disability. All letters are dated April - June, and the last has been photocopied for added legibility.

Dates

  • 1864

Creator

Biographical / Historical

Peter Robertson (1823 - 1886) was born in South Carolina to Peter, Sr., and Jane Robertson. He married Dorinda C. Rives (1828 - 1905) in Hall County, Georgia, in 1848. She and her brother, Robert William Rufus Rives (b. 1841) were the children of Baptist minister John Edwards Rives and his first wife, Elizabeth Warren.

Extent

5 items

Language of Materials

English

Title
Robertson/Rives family Civil War letters
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