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  1. Alfred Bell’s letter to his wife of 23 November 1863
    date November 23, 1863map OTTAWA, Ohiotags Civil War, prison

    Captain Alfred Bell was ailing in late November 1863.  Too sick even to write to his wife, Capt. Bell had his friend G.F. Wilson transcribe a letter for him on 23 November 1863.  Bell and Wilson were both prisoners of war (POWs) at Johnson’s Island, Ohio during this time, and this wasn’t the greatest of periods for Captain Bell.  Aside from the obvious misfortune of being imprisoned, Bell was...