James Washington Stewart Letters

James Washington Stewart (b. in Georgia ca. 1824) was a farmer from Pinkneyville, Talladega County, Alabama. At the time of the 1860 Federal Census, Stewart and his wife, Mary Ann Wood Stewart (b. Georgia ca. 1832), were living on their farm with their four children. James W. Stewart served in Co. I, 18th Alabama Infantry and died at Rock Island Prison Camp in Illinois on March 31, 1864. It is uncertain when Stewart enlisted, but it was likely not long before he wrote the first letter in this collection, at which time he would have been 38 or 39 years old. Most of the letters in the collection were written while Stewart was fairly close to home, either in Talladega County or neighboring Shelby County. It is also uncertain when or where he was taken prisoner, but he may have been among several members of the 18th Alabama taken prisoner at the Battle of Missionary Ridge on November 25, 1863, only ten days after he wrote his final letter and four months before he died at Rock Island Prison Camp.

Archive: 
Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama
Other: 
Civil War Soldiers’ Letters, LPR 78, Box 3, folder 13

Letters

Displaying 1 - 12 of 12
ID Letter Date Author Recipient From To
11728 J.W.Stewart1 May 13, 1863 James Washington Stewart Mary Ann Stewart Talladega County, AL Talladega County, AL
11729 J.W.Stewart2 June 23, 1863 James Washington Stewart Mary Ann Stewart Talladega County, AL Talladega County, AL
11730 J.W.Stewart3 August 17, 1863 James Washington Stewart Mary Ann Stewart Shelby County, AL Talladega County, AL
11731 J.W.Stewart4 August 20, 1863 James Washington Stewart Mary Ann Stewart Shelby County, AL Talladega County, AL
11732 J.W.Stewart5 August 25, 1863 James Washington Stewart Mary Ann Stewart Shelby County, AL Talladega County, AL
11733 J.W.Stewart6 September 3, 1863 James Washington Stewart Mary Ann Stewart Shelby County, AL Talladega County, AL
11734 J.W.Stewart7 September 10, 1863 James Washington Stewart Mary Ann Stewart Shelby County, AL Talladega County, AL
11735 J.W.Stewart8 September 17, 1863 James Washington Stewart Mary Ann Stewart Shelby County, AL Talladega County, AL
11736 J.W.Stewart9 September 24, 1863 James Washington Stewart Mary Ann Stewart Shelby County, AL Talladega County, AL
11737 J.W.Stewart10 October 16, 1863 James Washington Stewart Mary Ann Stewart Talladega County, AL Talladega County, AL
11738 J.W.Stewart11 November 4, 1863 James Washington Stewart Mary Ann Stewart Shelby County, AL Talladega County, AL
11739 J.W.Stewart12 November 14, 1863 James Washington Stewart Mary Ann Stewart Macon County, AL Talladega County, AL

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