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| | A Civil War letter from James D. Hood to a brother |
 | | James died at Andersonville prison on May 2, 1864 and is buried in the National Cemetery at Andersonville, Georgia, Grave # 860. |
 | | 4 James D. Hood, originally from Lyon, Michigan, was taken prisoner September 19, 1863 during the battle of Chickamauga, and died at the Andersonville, Georgia prisoner of war camp May 3, 1864 of disease brought on by "exposure and starvation." [Taken prisoner September 19 and died May 3 are not the US government's official dates. |
 | | The said Private James D. Hood was last paid by Paymaster Brewer to include the 30th day of June, 1863, and has pay due him from that time to the time of his death, and whatever other allowances are authorized to volunteer soldiers, drafted men, or militia, so discharged. |
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