Confederate States of America
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Elisa Weilmann Mayer Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 182
Abstract
Elisa Weilmann Mayer was born in German in 1829. At the age of 18, Elisa immigrated to the United States to become the wife of David Mayer. She was a leading citizen of Atlanta and a president of the Grandmothers Club. The collection consists of a scrapbook and loose items found in the scrapbook compiled by Elisa Weilmann Mayer. Of special interest is a letter from Morris Mayer to his mother Elisa in 1867 in which he discusses his recovery from an accidental...
Dates:
1867 - 2000
Found in:
William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum
Miriam Freedman Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 110
Abstract
The papers primarily relate to Hermann Hirsch, a Confederate veteran who settled in Columbus, Georgia. The collection contains letters written by Herman Hirsch while in service to the Confederacy. The letters give a full account of the siege of Jackson in 1863.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1863 - 1994
Found in:
William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum
Morris Hirsch Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 074
Abstract
An early setter of Atlanta, Morris Hirsch was a founder of The Temple and of Hirsch’s, an Atlanta retailer for over 100 years. The papers contain a discharge certificate (photocopy) for Confederate soldier Henry Hirsch, 1861; and documents from Hirsch’s, an Atlanta retailer established in 1863.
Dates:
1861 - 1976
Found in:
William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum
