"Memoirs of Brigadier General William Montgomery Gardner"
Scope and Contents
This vivid typescript memoir, covering 1840-1865, was compiled by the general's daughter from his diaries and letters. Disasters continually struck the young Gardner on his travels north to West Point Military Academy, then southwest to serve in the Mexican War and California, and finally as a Confederate brigadier general in the Civil War. Among the interesting people he met and described were Ulysses S. Grant, William T. Sherman, and Mary E. Walker, M.D.
Dates
- 1912
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Unrestricted.
Biographical / Historical
Elizabeth (or Bessie) was the daughter of Helen Maria Long and William Montgomery Gardner (1824-1901) of Augusta, Georgia. Her father graduated from West Point in 1846 and served in the Mexican War. He was stationed in various garrisons on the American frontier and married in Nebraska about 1860. After the Civil War, William settled with his family as a farmer in several places in Georgia and died in Memphis, Tennessee, where he is buried.
Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
English
- Title
- "Memoirs of Brigadier General William Montgomery Gardner"
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Georgia Archives Manuscript Collections Repository
5800 Jonesboro Rd
Morrow GA 30260 United States