- Collection:
- America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia
- Title:
- James L. Bell correspondence, 1909; undated
- Creator:
- Bell, James L., 1837-1918
- Publisher:
- [identification of item(s)], James L. Bell correspondence, MSS 27F, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center.
- Date of Original:
- 1909
- Subject:
- Bell, James L., 1837-1918
Confederate States of America. Army. Georgia Infantry Regiment, 7th
Five Forks, Battle of, Va., 1865
Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861
Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives - Location:
- United States, Pennsylvania, 40.8, -77.7
United States, Virginia, 37.54812, -77.44675 - Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/x-djvu
application/pdf - Description:
- This collection contains three letters to Mr. James L. Bell. Two of the letters are from William J. Hilburn, Bell's comrade in the Civil War, and one is from Captain Charles K. Maddox, under whom both Bell and Hilburn served during their service. In the letters, the men reminisce about combat experiences and comrades. They discuss the battles of Gettysburg, 1st Manassas, Dam #1, Five Forks and mention the following individuals: David Wyatt, S.A.D. Smith, Robert Cowart, G.T. Anderson, Fitz-Lee, and Pickett. In addition, they provide each other with updates on their lives.
Processing Information: recordreprocessed in 2007.
James L. Bell (1837-1918) was born on April 24, 1837 in Jackson County, Georgia. At age twenty-three, he moved to Atlanta and began working for Atlanta and West Point Railroad. On May 31, 1861, Bell enlisted as a private in the Seventh Georgia Infantry. He was later promoted to Sergeant after the Battle of Fair Oaks in Virginia in October 1864. In that battle, he single-handedly captured the 19th Wisconsin Federal Regiment, a deed which attracted the notice of General Robert E. Lee. After the war, Bell returned to the Atlanta and West Point Railroad where he worked as a passenger conductor for fifty years. He married Alice Magnon and had one daughter, Eva. In 1893, Eva Bell married Mauson Wilson, and they had four children: Mrs Paul T. Harber, Misses Alice and Helen Wilson, and James Wilson. James L. Bell died on May 12, 1918.
America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia received support from a Digitizing Historical Records grant awarded to the Atlanta History Center, Georgia Historical Society, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, and the Digital Library of Georgia by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_turningpoint_ahc0027f-001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ahc/turningpoint/do:ahc0027f-001
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [identification of item(s)], James L. Bell correspondence, MSS 27F, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center, as presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
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