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Record Group Number: 900000
Series/Collection Number: M75- 89
Creator: Messer, George W.
Title, Dates: George W. Messer papers, 1861-1908.
Amount: 4.00 items
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Biographical/Historical:     George W. Messer was born in Georgia in 1839. Sometime before the Civil War, he moved with his family to Dellwood, Florida in Jackson County. He later served as a private in Company D of the 17th Regiment of the Georgia Volunteers during the Civil War, also called the Decatur Guards. He died in 1925 and is buried in Dellwood Cemetery.
Summary:     This collection contains the personal papers of George W. Messer, most of which relate to his service in the Civil War. It includes a certification of his membership in the Decatur Guards and a letter, both from Judge J. H. Martin; a muster roll of the Decatur Guards; and a recorded copy of his parole from the Army of Northern Virginia dated April 10, 1865 and certified by W. A. McRae, clerk of the Circuit Court of Jackson County.
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Reproduction Note: Photocopies.
Location of Originals/Duplicates: Originals in possession of donor.
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Subject Access Fields: Confederate States of America. Army.  --Georgia Volunteers, 17th.
Civil War (U.S.)
Civil War (Ga.)
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865
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