foster january november born south_carolina teacher medical doctor attorney soldier businessman politician 1840s foster served brigadier general outbreak american_civil_war appointed general state georgia position continued hold war end remained active georgia state politics reconstruction period foster elected mayor georgia served elected state georgia alabama early political life careers born january south_carolina ransom school teacher early age studied medicine practiced south_carolina moved georgia elected democrat state senate representing foster licensed lawyer georgia serving county state representative legislature september representative wrote president urging president appoint foster position west_indies reminded president georgia delegation supported foster application foster receive appointment addition merchant foster maintained extensive business interests land flour saw mills north central georgia alabama early invested road company military service indian war foster served colonel mounted infantry seriously wounded carried litter miles recovered joined aide camp commander chief foster subsequently commissioned brigadier general 2nd brigade 7th division general georgia early months american civil war georgia governor foster friend political appointed state georgia assistant actual title chief ordnance charged supervising turning gun barrels days appointment foster appealed women atlanta meet city hall prepare uniforms soldiers preparing leave virginia fall need obtain clothing temporarily satisfied establishment depots shops established shoe shops built georgia companies fighting virginia sent men home georgia collect clothing blankets troops adjutant general instructed foster proceed personally duly agents parts state buy suits clothes pairs shoes troops confederate service apart brief period supplies adequate georgia soldiers need basic december appropriated purchase military clothing blankets anticipating measure authorized governor brown seize factories supplies needed governor executed order authorized foster pay sellers manufacturers value seized goods foster course duty appealed people love liberty meeting demands placed foster actions benefited troops effect civilians harsh according persistent purchases bulk state textile shoe left civilians facing intense prices conditions led accusations civilians faced high prices conditions georgia soldiers far worse late august following georgia colonel foster reported command men unit worn pairs shoes northern march faced prospect pneumonia coming winter period war historian observes georgia clothing depots atlanta columbus athens uniforms based state adopted pattern manufactured gathered inspection shipment richmond items distributed georgia units serving lee army foster level organization georgia result smooth flow supplies left state notes logistical nightmare getting clothing richmond warehouses followed transport army caused countless shortages soldiers forced acquiring clothing means situation desperate writing foster january general noted army crews cavalry brigade alike excessive need shoes clothing kinds blankets send received duties general required occasion degree clandestine activity ensure security textile mills prevent mill owners shipping goods state buyers according sources dangers mills clear june factory georgia burned company worked exclusively supplying finished goods georgia soldiers governor georgia forced surveillance ensure state received goods employees warned foster parties watching concern expressed belief says goods blood general limit efforts supplying material georgia troops july effort union recruitment foreigners foster wrote president proposing confederacy send foreign born men talent native lands especially ireland write speak way labor minds europeans union recruiting agents foster worked maintain supplies clothes georgia soldiers war continuing office collapse confederacy appealing foster attempted secure supplies source december according professor historian foster appealed woman state georgia send pair army notable effort campaign secure organizations week member individual girls women georgia october foster placed announcements newspapers state asking contributions pledged available ample supply willing undertake task lacking material foster asked attach names work complete detailed record maintained contribution contributor request expressed hope cheer soldiers discourage hurry able bodied men stimulate prefer honorable deaths face enemy lives prolonged duty december notice placed savannah republican president local stating having received general large supply thread members society interested soldiers supplied calling time week unable supply come forward entered names members society having entirely thread weeks hand eighty ninety pair hope interested matter come forward assist getting early possible beginning new year let renew efforts behalf suffering soldiers comfort foster campaign stimulated supply needed item met certain suspicion backlash rumors office circulated earlier foster purchases shoes driven price goods foster claimed new rumors denied spread department alleged contributed sold given freely troops charge precedent historian notes especially damaging rumor later found true circulated north alleging union_army purchased pairs donated intended troops private relief agency undertook propaganda campaign georgia newspapers combat alleged rumors encourage continued contribution offered citizen soldier come forward prove bought department ladies purchased issue said troops battle atlanta leading atlanta campaign foster home occupied general headquarters marker erected location states site foster house occupied headquarters military operations atlanta july issued orders directing troops july atlanta capture refugee settlement established civilians forced flee city settlement named general according author ambitious refugee project approved period march authorized continue provide maintenance said unable labor support families balance present year capture fall atlanta general began march sea route atlanta savannah took left wing army city georgia state capital fall imminent governor brown ordered foster remove state records city task proved difficult undertaken midst chaos federal troops closed city records stored asylum miles outside town train held depot facilitate removal panicked citizens fleeing city labor difficult find arrest union commission foster traveled virginia imprisoned union_army service confederacy recognition abilities subsequently released commissioned union army distribute livestock supplies georgia history state georgia historian remarks federal soldiers acted turned confederate horses wagons harness distribution poor col associated foster aid distribution june general wilson expressed appreciation foster washington relieved authority placing task mississippi personal life later years foster married march june children foster moved family alabama owned miles farming land large portion mountain saw mill purchased war simultaneously foster operated saw mill georgia building residence foster participated area saw mill boom said average mill miles industrial corridor created book georgia author states shipped lumber loaded timber transported international markets like liverpool rio_de_janeiro havana city incorporated foster served mayor foster elected position state senator alabama moved wife died built story colonial home stage coach route area known alabama senate foster regarded reformer supporting efficiency state operations consolidation county poor farms regional centers efforts largely thwarted sentiment indifference fellow legislators foster continued serve alabama senate death november correspondence collections foster papers finding aid created october collection war time letters papers manuscript library collection consists correspondence deals duties general georgia civil war georgia lumber industry georgia personal family matters include collection contains letters georgia governor
Ira Roe Foster