James T. Bell letter, 1864 Feb. 28.

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James T. Bell letter, 1864 Feb. 28.

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The letter, written from Johnson Island Prison, Ohio, is written to Captain John B. Hazard's sister, Mrs. Mary Whitaker, and refers to "Ben," Benjamin Andrews Whitaker, Mary Whitaker's husband. It details Hazard's illness, last wishes, and death in Johnson Island Prison. Described are the physical conditions at the prison, the weather, the medical facilities, the Confederate medical staff, and the illnesses rampant among the prisoners of war. Mentioned in the letter are the Confederate surgeons Colonel Steadman of the 1st Alabama Regiment, Captain Sessions of the 18th Mississippi Regiment, Captain Locke of the 53rd Alabama Cavalry, and Colonel Christian of a Virginia regiment. Mr. Helm, chaplain of the 1st Tennessee Regiment, and Captain George S. Markham from Demopolis, Alabama, and of the 58th Alabama Regiment were present at Hazard's death.

1 item (2 leaves) ; 24.5 x 19.5 cm.

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Confederate States of America. Army. Alabama Infantry Regiment, 21st

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Bell, James T.

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Jas. T. Bell, a first lieutenant, served under Captain John B. (Boyington) Hazard in the 21st Alabama Infantry. Bell assumed charge of this regiment after the death of Hazard at Johnson Island Prison, February, 1864. Johnson Island Prison was in the Sandusky Bay area of Lake Erie. About 3,000 Confederate officers were held there at the end of the Civil War. From the description of James T. Bell letter, 1864 Feb. 28. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat reco...

Hazard, John B. (John Boyington), 1845-1864.

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Johnson Island Prison

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Johnson Island, located in Sandusky, Ohio, operated as a federal prisoner of war depot, housing Confederate officers and other enlisted men captured in battle, from April 1862 to September 1865. From the guide to the Johnson Island Prison Autograph Albums, ., 1861-1865, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) Union army prison in Ohio. From the description of Diagram, 1862. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat...