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Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [item], [box], [folder], S. C. Roddy Civil War Memoir, 1909, Ms2022-022, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

The S. C. Roddy Civil War Memoir was donated to Special Collections and University Archives in 2003.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the S. C. Roddy Civil War Memoir was completed in June 2022.

Biographical Note

Samuel Cowan Roddy (1832-1918) was born in East Tennessee on December 26, 1832, before moving to Georgia, where he grew up. In the 1850 U.S. Census, he is listed living with a William and Mary Roddy, presumably his parents. He married Sarah A. Jobe (1836-1897) in 1852, and they had several children.

On August 14, 1862, Roddy enlisted during the American Civil War in Company F of the 39th Georgia Infantry of the Confederate Army. Roddy joined the Confederate Army as a Private and left as a Second Lieutenant when his regiment surrendered in May 1865.

After the war, Roddy returned to Georgia, living in Ringgold with his wife and children and working as a farmer during the 1870 U.S. Census. His family moved to Johnson County, Texas, in the 1870s. He died on June 11, 1918, and is buried in the Bethesda Baptist Church Cemetery in Burleson, Johnson County, Texas.

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Scope and Content

This collection contains a photocopy of a memoir written in 1909 by former Confederate soldier S. C. Roddy, who served in Company F of the 39th Georgia Infantry during the American Civil War. The author writes about his experience during the war from enlisting in late summer 1862 until the regiment's surrender at Greensboro, North Carolina, in May 1865. The author also notes that the civil war was an "unholy war between the states".

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Autobiographies
• Civil War
• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865

Rights Statement for Archival Description

The guide to the S. C. Roddy Civil War Memoir by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).