Papers of James Alvin Bell, 1854-1883 (bulk 1854-1863).

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Papers of James Alvin Bell, 1854-1883 (bulk 1854-1863).

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Correspondence between Bell and his fiancee concerns only with their private life. A few letters written by other soldiers after Bell's death, depict hardships of a Civil War soldier's life.

475 pieces.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 8th (1861-1866)

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Elliott, Augusta Anna Hallock

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Bell, James Alvin, 1834-1863.

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James Alvin Bell was a farmer in Kaneville, Illinois, until the outbreak of the Civil War he when enlisted in the 8th Illinois Cavalry in May, 1861. He was long engaged (but never married) to Augusta Anna Hallock Elliott, a schoolteacher from rural New York. Bell died at the Stanton Army Hospital in Washington, D.C. in October, 1863. From the description of Papers of James Alvin Bell, 1854-1883 (bulk 1854-1863). (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat ...