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[Identification of item], in the Charles H. Olmstead Papers, #1856, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Gift 1951

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• Atlanta (Ga.)--History--19th century.
• Confederate States of America. Army--Military life.
• Confederate States of America. Army--Officers--Correspondence.
• Confederate States of America. Army. Georgia Infantry Regiment.
• Fort Columbus (N.Y.)
• Fort Johnson (S.C.)
• Fort Pulaski (Ga.)
• Georgia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
• Hilton Head (S.C.)--History--19th century.
• James Island (S.C.)--History--19th century.
• Morris Island (S.C.)--History--19th century.
• Olmstead, Charles H.
• South Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
• Tybee Island (Ga. : Island)--History--19th century.
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons.

Charles Hart Olmstead (1837-1926), was a Confederate Army officer and member of the 1st Georgia Infantry Regiment.

Military papers including orders, circulars, communications and telegrams, reports, and some correspondence about military matters, sent and received by Charles H. Olmstead at Fort Pulaski, Ga., from 1861 until its surrender in 1862; at Morris Island and Fort Johnson on James Island, S.C., in 1863; and in the vicinity of Savannah and Atlanta and elsewhere in Georgia in 1864-1865. Olmstead was imprisoned at Fort Columbus after the surrender of Fort Pulaski and wrote a letter, 10 June 1862, to United States Secretary of War Stanton complaining about the treatment of the Confederate sick and wounded in a manner in violation of the surrender terms. In addition, there are twenty-four letters, 1861-1864, from Olmstead to his wife at Savannah and Milledgeville, Ga., describing camp life; military activities at various locations, including, in addition to places previously mentioned, Tybee Island, Ga., and Hilton Head, S.C.; his estimation of the military situation; and speculation about the future.