John M. Adams Letter

John M. Adams (b. ca. 1839) was a farm laborer from Henry County, Georgia. At the time of the 1860 Federal Census, John M. Adams, his brother James, and their widowed mother, Jemima (b. ca. 1806) were living in the household of John's sister and brother-in-law, Lucinda M. and J. M. Ellis, a farmer. John M. Adams enlisted in Co. A, 30th Georgia Infantry in September 1861 and died of typhoid fever on April 21, 1862.

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David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Duke University
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Confederate States of America, Army, Miscellany, Officers' and Soldiers' Letters, 1861-1861

Letters

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ID Letter Date Author Recipient From To
8300 Adams1 November 25, 1861 John M. Adams, Lucinda M. Ellis Emily S. Posey Henry County, GA

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