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This is a collection of personal effects of Lt. John W. Pearce. He enlisted at the age of 36 with Captain Longs cavalry Co. Phillips Legion Georgia Volunteers on June 30, 1861 at Camp McDonald, Cobb Co. Georgia. Enlisted as 3rd Lt. and served as Company surgeon. The items include:
A pre war photograph.
Wartime photograph in uniform.
Company medical book. 1847
Music book, Harp of The South. 1853
Pocket Watch
Oath of Allegiance, signed August 17, 1865. Newnan, Georgia
Six Confederate notes of various denominations. (was found between pages of Medical book)
John W. Pearce was born Febuary 17, 1825 and died August 11, 1894. Buried at Lester Poulk Braswell Pearce cemetery, Grady, Co. Georgia.
Some brief history on Phillips Legion:
The cavalry battalion recruited its men in Coweta, Cherokee, Bibb, and Richmond counties. It contained six companies until June, 1864, when one company was transferred to Cobb's Cavalry Legion and the 4th Alabama Cavalry Battalion was assigned to the command. Its strength was now 463 officers and men. For a time the unit served in Georgia and along the South Carolina coast, then it moved to Virginia where it served under Generals Hampton, Butler, and P.M.B. Young. It participated in the campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia from Fredericksburg to Cold Harbor, then shared in the defense of Petersburg. Later it served in T.M. Logan's Brigade, was active in the campaign of the Carolinas, and surrendered with less than 50 men in April, 1865. Its commanders were Lieutenant Colonel William W. Rich, and Majors William B.C. Puckett and John B. Wilcox.
A pre war photograph.
Wartime photograph in uniform.
Company medical book. 1847
Music book, Harp of The South. 1853
Pocket Watch
Oath of Allegiance, signed August 17, 1865. Newnan, Georgia
Six Confederate notes of various denominations. (was found between pages of Medical book)
John W. Pearce was born Febuary 17, 1825 and died August 11, 1894. Buried at Lester Poulk Braswell Pearce cemetery, Grady, Co. Georgia.
Some brief history on Phillips Legion:
The cavalry battalion recruited its men in Coweta, Cherokee, Bibb, and Richmond counties. It contained six companies until June, 1864, when one company was transferred to Cobb's Cavalry Legion and the 4th Alabama Cavalry Battalion was assigned to the command. Its strength was now 463 officers and men. For a time the unit served in Georgia and along the South Carolina coast, then it moved to Virginia where it served under Generals Hampton, Butler, and P.M.B. Young. It participated in the campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia from Fredericksburg to Cold Harbor, then shared in the defense of Petersburg. Later it served in T.M. Logan's Brigade, was active in the campaign of the Carolinas, and surrendered with less than 50 men in April, 1865. Its commanders were Lieutenant Colonel William W. Rich, and Majors William B.C. Puckett and John B. Wilcox.
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