George Washington Baker papers
Subtitle: personal correspondence, 1864-1865
By: Baker, George Washington
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: 2000
Place of publication: Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Correspondence; Atlanta Campaign, 1864; Officers; History; Military life; Campaigns; Personal narratives; United States. Army; United States. Army. New York Volunteers, 123rd
Other titles: Southern homefront, 1861-1865.
Description: Lt. George Washington Baker served with Company K, 123rd New York Volunteers, fighting throughout Virginia and participating in Sherman's infamous "march to the sea." Two of these three letters deal with Baker's observations of Atlanta during the Union invasion, as well as its social atmosphere after occupation. The final letter highlights events in Raleigh, North Carolina on the day the Confederate surrender was assured.
Notes: Title from Tei-Header.

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

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Transcribed from: Papers, 1856-1888. Transcript of the personal correspondence. Originals are in the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Call number #4909.

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George Washington Baker of Washington County, N.Y., served with Company K, 123rd New York Volunteers in the Civil War.