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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC09218 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 |
| Title | B. F. Arthur to General Johnson Hagood regarding reports of a teenage runaway who has enlisted |
| Date | 3 April 1863 |
| Author | Arthur, B. F. (fl. 1860-1861) |
| Recipient | Hagood, Johnson |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Bonham's secretary asks General Hagood to investigate "a lad of 14 years of age...having run away from his mother, and joined Co. 'G' Nelson's Battalion" and to refuse the boy's enlistment if he is that young. |
| Subjects | Children and Family Recruitment Confederate States of America |
| People | Arthur, B. F. (fl. 1860-1864) Bonham, Milledge Luke (1813-1890) Hagood, Johnson (1829-1898) |
| Place written | Columbia, South Carolina |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Children & Family |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | From the wartime papers of South Carolina Governors Francis W. Pickens and Milledge L. Bonham. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |