ms_1779.xml Finding Aid to the John W. Boston letter, 1864 Written by A. Bentley Georgia Historical Society.
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 Encoded by A. Bentley, November 2008 Description is in English Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard June 2011 Item-level collection inventory added to this electronic finding aid by Lynette Stoudt to accomodate future digitzation of collection as part of a 2012 NHPRC Digitizing Historical Documents grant if funded. MS 1779 John W. Boston letter 1864 1 folder (.05 cubic feet) Boston, John W., ca. 1833-1918. Collection materials are in English. Georgia Historical Society
, Savannah, Georgia.
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 Subject headings

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Boston, John W., ca. 1833-1918. United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 81st (1861-1865) Company G. Georgia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865. Savannah (Ga.)--History--Siege, 1864. Savannah (Ga.)--Social life and customs. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns. Letters (correspondence) Biographical information

Private John W. Boston (ca. 1833-1918) served with Company G of the 81st Ohio Volunteers during the United States Civil War. He enlisted with the Union Army in 1862 at the age of 29 and fought in the battles of Corinth, Mississippi, Atlanta, Georgia, and Bentonville, North Carolina.

 Scope and content note

This collection contains one letter from a Union solder, Private John W. Boston, to his wife and children in which he recounts the capture of Savannah, Georgia in December of 1864 during the Civil War. He mentions the possibility of the Union Army going to Charleston, South Carolina after they leave Savannah. Boston also remarks upon the citizens of Savannah, describing them predominantly as "Irish, Dutch, and French" and "Catholick."

 Collection Inventory Item 1: John W. Boston letter, 1861.