LADIES GUN BOAT FUND
Contributions From Ladies of Irwinton and Vincinty
Irwinton, Ga., April 3d, 1862

The Gun Boat Fund was started in Savannah for the commission of a gun boat or an iron-clad floating battery  for the defence of the  Savannah harbor. Ladies from all of Georgia contributed to the fund. 
The "floating battery with propellers", "The Georgia Ladies Ironclad Battery"  was ready
for service in July 1862 and turned over to the Confederate Navy.
Source: Macon Daily Telegraph 4-25-1862 and 7-10-1862

Miss Ella Breazeal $5.00
Miss Maxa Beall 5.00
Mrs. M. J. Carswell 5.00
Mrs. H. Walker 2.00
Mrs. E S Coyle 5.00
Mrs R A Stanley 1.00
Mrs. M.T. Doyle 1.00
Mrs. M Cumming 5.00
Mrs. M Cates 1.00
Mrs M Eason 1.00
Miss M E Ladd 5.00
Miss Mary Louther 5.00
Mrs. M C Fisher 1.00
Mrs M E Boatright 3.00
Miss Anna Boatright 1.00
Miss Sallie Boatright 1.00
Mrs M Barrett 2.00
Mrs E P Beall 2.00
Mrs. B Renfroe 1.00
Mrs. T N. Beall 3.--
Miss Emma Beall 1.00
Mioss Mary Beall 1.00
Mrs A Baum 5.00
Miss Annie Thompson 1.00
Miss Fannie Thompson 1.00
Mrs. M E Cumming 1.00
Mrs E Bush 1.00
Miss Lizzie Deese 1.00
Mrs. Fannie Clay 1.00
Mrs S Jordan 1.00
Miss Zilpha Peacock .25
Mrs E Gilbert 1.00
Miss Mattie J Hughs 1.00
Miss Josie Hays 1.00
Mrs. Amelia Hicks 2.00
Mrs E Harville 1.00
Miss Martilla Harville 1.00
Miss Epsey Harville 1.00
A Soldier's Wife 1.00
Mrs. S C. Hyman 2.00
Mrs M Bower 1.00
Mrs L Walden 2.00
Mrs M Hooks 1.00
Miss Sallie Hooks 1.00
Mrs. Nettie Nisbet 1.00
Mrs Reena Tarpley .50


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