(MILITARY--CIVIL WAR.) Petition for the value of Simon, a slave lost to typhoid fever while working the fortifications on James Island. Single long partially printed document accomplished by hand; folded and docketed on the reverse: note in red pencil "Allowed $1000 1 Nov, 1863." Together with three other manuscript pages of related documents. should be seen. South Carolina, 1863
Typical forms for remuneration for the loss of a slave, including statement from a doctor as to the manner of death etc. Many slaves were lost working the fortifications on James Island and elsewhere. A monument was erected there in 2013 to honor them.
