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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04210.01 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 |
| Title | Letter from John Slate to Judah P. Benjamin requesting that he be discharged due to ill health, with autograph endorsement signed by Chilton as assistant adjutant general on verso |
| Date | 18 February 1862 |
| Author | Chilton, R. H. (Robert Hall) (1816-1879) |
| Additional authors | Vaiden, Vulosko (b. 1836) Slater, John Saunders (1826-1880) |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Military document |
| Content Description | Letter from John Slate to Benjamin, requesting that he be discharged due to ill health, with autograph endorsement signed by Chilton as assistant adjutant general on verso. Also with autograph endorsement signed by Vulosko Vaiden as Slate's commanding officer, verifying Slate's letter. |
| Subjects | Soldier's Letter Civil War Military History Confederate General or Leader Confederate States of America Health and Medical |
| People | Benjamin, Judah Philip (1811-1884) Chilton, Robert Hall (1816-1879) Vaiden, Vulosko (b. 1836) Slater, John Saunders (1826-1880) |
| Place written | New Kent County, Virginia |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Health & Medicine |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Robert H. Chilton was a Confederate general. Judah P. Benjamin was the Confederate Secretary of War, later Secretary of State. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |