Examining documents, pictures, and artifacts from the past provides a first-hand narrative of that time period. There are many primary sources available to help us learn about the Civil War. Look through the items in the gallery below to gain a new perspective on the people, places, and events during that time.
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- Journal of the public and secret proceedings of the Convention of the people of Georgia: held in Milledgeville and Savannah in 1861: together with the ordinances adopted, from the Georgia Historical Society, JK9784 .A15 1861
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- The February 5, 1865 edition of the Savannah Republican newspaper, from the Georgia Historical Society, MS602.
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- Framed miniature horseshoe made from the armor plate of the Confederate Iron-clad Ram ”Virginia,” from the Georgia Historical Society, A-1361-117.
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- Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands records, 1865-1869, from the Georgia Historical Society, MS 5915.
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- Robert Hunt’s Confederate Memorial Day pin from Dallas, Texas, 1902, from the Georgia Historical Society, A-2121-001.
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- Sheet music for ”When Sherman Marched Down to the Sea,” from the Georgia Historical Society, MS 1948-01-01-01.
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- Eugene Anderson Maffit, Midshipman of C.S.S. Alabama, from the Georgia Historical Society, MS 06-01-31.