Diary of William King, Cobb County, Georgia, 1864
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By: William King, fl. 1864-1879
Contributors: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
Edition: Electronic ed.
Publisher: Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Diaries; Plantations; History; Personal narratives; Claims; Confiscations and contributions; Destruction and pillage; Economic aspects; Religious aspects; Confederate Personal narratives
Other titles: Southern homefront, 1861-1865.
Description: Diary, July-September 1864 (118 p.), of William King of Cobb County, Ga., who remained alone on his plantation to protect his property and slaves from depredations by federal forces, and papers, 1879, concerning King's claim against the U.S. goverment for damages by federal troops, based on his claim that he was a unionist during the war. Diary entries record difficulties and hardships affecting all classes, his generally good treatment by federal soldiers and discussions of slavery with them, the cancellation of religious services by federal army order after Confederate ministers refused to pray for the U.S. president, the collapse of Confederate forces around Atlanta, and the return of federal troops from Stoneman's Raid, having suffered greatly.
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Original text was torn or missing on several pages making digitization difficult to preserve the text.

This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digitization project's database, Documenting the American South, beginnings to 1920. It is part of the collection The Southern homefront, 1861-1865.

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Transcribed from: Diary of William King, Cobb County, Georgia, 1864. 118 p. Copied from original given by Miss Anna Clark, Savannah, Georgia for permanent preservation in the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

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