How I opened communication with Sherman's Army and became a Southern planter
- Collection
- Description
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Handwritten account in two sections. Part one describes Hollis aboard the USS Fernandina in Ossabaw Sound, awaiting the arrival of General William T. Sherman's army to Savannah, Georgia as well as a description of the Union capture of Fort McAllister. There is also correspondence (1861, 1891) regarding Hollis' unsuccessful attempt to prove that his communication was, in fact, the first to inform the fleet that Sherman had made it to the coast. Part two gives an account of rescuing over two hundred African-American men, women and children from a rice swamp and helping to establish a freedman's colony on St. Catherine's Island, as well as a recounting of Hollis' scouting expedition to the mainland where he distributed directions to signal the fleet from Kilkenny Bluff if and when Sherman's troops should arrive.
- Creation Date
- between 1865 and 1903
- Creator
- Arrangement
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Located in the Civil War series.
- Location Of Originals
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This digital image is a surrogate of an item from the George Fearing Hollis Papers.
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- Language
- English
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- Cite This Work
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[Title, Date]. George Fearing Hollis Papers. MSS 471. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
- Copyright
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Public domain (US)
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Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca)
- Last Modified
2020-10-27