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David Lang was born in Camden County, Georgia, on May 9, 1838. He attended the Georgia Military Academy in Marietta, where he graduated in 1857. Lang then moved to Florida with his family, where he worked as a surveyor in Suwannee County. He served in the First Florida Infantry Regiment, organized and was elected captain of a new company that became Company C of the Eighth Florida Infantry Regiment, and temporarily commanded the entire Florida Brigade, surrendering at Appomattox in April 1865.
After the war, Lang married Mary Quarles Campbell and they had four children. He worked as a civil engineer before his appointment as Adjutant General of the State Militia (1885-1894). Lang also served on the State Board of Pensions, was private secretary for Florida Governors Mitchell (1893-1897) and Bloxham (1897-1901, and worked as a cashier of the Florida State Hospital in Chattahoochee from 1901 until his death in 1917.
Summary:
The collection consists of two letterbooks: Volume I contains correspondence dated July 1886 through January 1889; Volume II contains correspondence dated February 1893 through 1909. There is also some loose correspondence dating from October 1906 to February 1909. The correspondence reflects Lang's personal, business, and public life, and includes letters to his family, business partners, and prominent Floridians, Confederate veterans, and politicians of this period.
The correspondence reflects Lang's active involvement in post-Civil War veterans' organizations and historical groups. This includes the United Confederate Veterans, the Confederate Veterans of the First Florida Brigade, the Fredericksburg National Battlefield Commission, and the Gettysburg Battlefield Commission.
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Associated Materials:
For more materials related to David Lang and his family, see Collection M88-18, David Lang Civil War Letters, 1862-1864 (.25 cubic foot) and Collection M94-6, David Lang Letters and Photographs, 1864-1900 (.5 cubic foot).
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Ownership/Custodial History:
Mr. David Lang, Jr. is the great-grandson of the author of these letters.
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Subject Access Fields:
United Confederate Veterans. Fredericksburg National Battlefield Commission. Gettysburg Battlefield Commission.
Patriotic societies Florida Veterans Societies, etc
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Florida History Civil War, 1861-1865 Florida Politics and government 1865-1950 Tallahassee (Fla.)
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