ms_1510.xml Finding Aid to the Ervin E. Addy letter, 1862 Written by Elizabeth Delmage Encoding funded by a 2008 Archives-Basic Projects grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Georgia Historical Society.
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 Encoded by Elizabeth Delmage, December 2008 Description is in English Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard MS 1510 Ervin E. Addy letter 1862 1 folder (.05 cubic feet) Addy, Ervin E., 1829-1862 Collection materials are in English. Georgia Historical Society
, Savannah, Georgia.
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Addy, Ervin E., 1829-1862. Camp McDonald (Ga.) United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865. Letters (correspondence) Biographical information

Ervin E. Addy (1829-1862) was born in Lexington, South Carolina on 2 February 1829. Prior to the outbreak of the U.S. Civil War (1861-1862) he lived and worked as a farmer in Coweta County, Georgia with his wife and two children. Addy served as a private in the 41st Georgia Infantry and trained at Camp McDonald in Cobb County, Georgia. He died 5 May 1862 in Lauderdale Springs, Mississippi.

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This collection contains a letter from Ervin E. Addy to his wife and children on 28 March 1862 while he was stationed at Camp McDonald in Cobb County, Georgia. Camp McDonald opened in June 1861 and was the training camp for Confederate soldiers. In this letter, Addy commented about camp life, his regiment's marching orders to Knoxville, Tennessee, and his faith in God that he believed would help keep him safe while he was away from his home and family.