Letter of John Perkins and pass of A.K. Shay [manuscript], 1863 and 1865.

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Letter of John Perkins and pass of A.K. Shay [manuscript], 1863 and 1865.

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John Perkins, Jr., Richmond, Va., writes to Capt. C. Thompson, Louisiana Guard Artillery, acknowledging Thompson's letter of introduction for Mr. Shay, a member of his company wounded at Cedar Run, who is seeking employment until he can return to active service. A pass, 1863 September 7, headed "General Hospital, Charlottesville," grants a furlough to Private A.K. Shay (Jones Battalion) and is signed by James Lawrence Cabell as surgeon in charge.

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Louisiana Guard Artillery.

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Cabell, J. L. (James Lawrence), 1813-1889

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Confederate physician. From the description of Autograph letter signed : "General Hospital, Charlottesville," to Surgeon R. Kidder Taylor, 1863 Nov. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270133389 Confederate hospital head, professor and chairman of the faculty at the University of Virginia. From the description of James Lawrence Cabell papers, 1876-1877, [Charlottesville, Virginia] (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35004506 University of Virginia profe...

Thompson, Carol, 1954-....

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Shay, A. K., fl. 186.

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Perkins, John, 1819-1885

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John Perkins, cotton planter and lawyer of Somerset Plantation, Ashwood, La., was appointed judge of the Circuit Court for Madison Parish in 1851; served as Democratic representative from Louisiana in the U.S. Congress, 1853-1855; represented Madison Parish in the permanent Confederate Congress at Richmond, Va., 1862-1865; and emigrated to Mexico in 1865 where he worked as a colonization agent. In 1866, Perkins moved to Paris and thereafter travelled extensively in Europe and in Canada before re...