The Marietta Daily Journal – The Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History displays never before seen artifacts

KENNESAW — The Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History has opened a special 1864 exhibit with items loaned from private collections not seen by the public at the museum before.

In the collection are letters written by George Hudson of the 36th Georgia regiment out of Decatur, said the museum’s curator, Jonathan Scott.

“He wrote letters home all the time,” Scott said. “He was a very well-written guy.”

The letters to his wife and family reveal his fear of dying, missing home and “common sense issues,” such as how much money the army owes his wife if he were to die, Scott said.

“We wanted to talk about the hardships and how hard the war was for both sides,” Scott said. “It really wasn’t a pleasant time for anyone to be alive.”

The focus of the Southern Museum’s temporary exhibit is to tell a particular story of who owned and used an item, Scott said, such as a snare drum, drumsticks and a sling used by Jesse Thornburgh of the 39th Iowa regiment, who is also pictured in a period photograph at age 24.

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