John W. McCall was my Great-Great-Grandfather. He was the son of Jehu McCall (1788-1863) and Catherine Brown (1795-1878) of Wilcox County, Georgia. On the 1860 census of Wilcox County, Georgia, John was living at the residence of George Roberson Reid, an overseer. George Roberson Reid (1806-1881) married second to John's sister, Frances McCall (1815-1884). George Reid's daughter, Roxanna Reid (1847-1922), from his first marriage to Cecilia Reaves (1810-1855, was married to Captain Thomas Daniel "T.D." Wilcox (1841-1892) of Company F, 49th Georgia Infantry.
John McCall enlisted as a private with Company H, 10th Georgia Infantry Regiment, Wilcox County Rifles, on 20 May, 1861. He was promoted to 4th Corporal on 15 June, 1861 and to First Lieutenant on 2 December, 1864. John W. McCall saw action in the following engagements: Seven Days Battle; Gettysburg; The Wilderness; Spotsylvania Court House; and the Shendandoah Valley Campaign.
John W. McCall wrote the following letter to his sister, Frances McCall Reid, from the battlefield:
"Near Petersburg, Va.
July 4th, 1864.
My Dear Sister:
I have been silent for some days because I could not send off any letters, since the Yankees made a raid on the Rail Road some two weeks since. The raiders are gone and the road will soon be in order again so I can let you hear from me. I am to send this by Lieutenant Walden. I dropped father a short not this morning. I am in fine health and faring well though very anxious to hear from home.
We are in the vicinity of Petersburg and laying on the reserve line. I go to town everyday, but the Yankees are so close I cannot have much fun. The Yankees are shelling the city every morning and evening. There has been some few women and children killed and several wounded. I saw one lose her life last week by a shell. The most of them have been moved out. They are still moving out and putting up tents in the country.
I have been on two scouts since I wrote you. We went down in the direction of Weldon, N.C. to meet Willson's Yankee Raiders. I saw 200 prisoners, 8 pieces of artillery that Willson lost, also 800 negroes that he has stole from from the citizens they were chiefly when and children and will be returned. I could tell you much of their vandalism if I had the time but I am writing so fast I know you can scarcely read it. Wilcox's Division has just past on its way to Chaffin's Bluff in front of Richmond.
George Reid is well and in fine spirits. Cast. Wilcox is also well. Our men and the Yankees keep up sharp shooting all the time at a distance from two to four hundred yards both parties behind breast works so there are few men killed. I see no prospect of the campaign ending soon. Our boys are in fine spirits.
Look over bad writing and mistakes. I have written in haste. Write soon
Your Bro. John".
John W. McCall was mustered out on 14 February 1865 and returned home to Wilcox County. He married Susan Catherine McIntyre (1844-1924) and they had one son, George Duncan McCall (1869-1956). John W. McCall died of consumption (tuberculosis) in 1869
John McCall enlisted as a private with Company H, 10th Georgia Infantry Regiment, Wilcox County Rifles, on 20 May, 1861. He was promoted to 4th Corporal on 15 June, 1861 and to First Lieutenant on 2 December, 1864. John W. McCall saw action in the following engagements: Seven Days Battle; Gettysburg; The Wilderness; Spotsylvania Court House; and the Shendandoah Valley Campaign.
John W. McCall wrote the following letter to his sister, Frances McCall Reid, from the battlefield:
"Near Petersburg, Va.
July 4th, 1864.
My Dear Sister:
I have been silent for some days because I could not send off any letters, since the Yankees made a raid on the Rail Road some two weeks since. The raiders are gone and the road will soon be in order again so I can let you hear from me. I am to send this by Lieutenant Walden. I dropped father a short not this morning. I am in fine health and faring well though very anxious to hear from home.
We are in the vicinity of Petersburg and laying on the reserve line. I go to town everyday, but the Yankees are so close I cannot have much fun. The Yankees are shelling the city every morning and evening. There has been some few women and children killed and several wounded. I saw one lose her life last week by a shell. The most of them have been moved out. They are still moving out and putting up tents in the country.
I have been on two scouts since I wrote you. We went down in the direction of Weldon, N.C. to meet Willson's Yankee Raiders. I saw 200 prisoners, 8 pieces of artillery that Willson lost, also 800 negroes that he has stole from from the citizens they were chiefly when and children and will be returned. I could tell you much of their vandalism if I had the time but I am writing so fast I know you can scarcely read it. Wilcox's Division has just past on its way to Chaffin's Bluff in front of Richmond.
George Reid is well and in fine spirits. Cast. Wilcox is also well. Our men and the Yankees keep up sharp shooting all the time at a distance from two to four hundred yards both parties behind breast works so there are few men killed. I see no prospect of the campaign ending soon. Our boys are in fine spirits.
Look over bad writing and mistakes. I have written in haste. Write soon
Your Bro. John".
John W. McCall was mustered out on 14 February 1865 and returned home to Wilcox County. He married Susan Catherine McIntyre (1844-1924) and they had one son, George Duncan McCall (1869-1956). John W. McCall died of consumption (tuberculosis) in 1869
John W. McCall was my Great-Great-Grandfather. He was the son of Jehu McCall (1788-1863) and Catherine Brown (1795-1878) of Wilcox County, Georgia. On the 1860 census of Wilcox County, Georgia, John was living at the residence of George Roberson Reid, an overseer. George Roberson Reid (1806-1881) married second to John's sister, Frances McCall (1815-1884). George Reid's daughter, Roxanna Reid (1847-1922), from his first marriage to Cecilia Reaves (1810-1855, was married to Captain Thomas Daniel "T.D." Wilcox (1841-1892) of Company F, 49th Georgia Infantry.
John McCall enlisted as a private with Company H, 10th Georgia Infantry Regiment, Wilcox County Rifles, on 20 May, 1861. He was promoted to 4th Corporal on 15 June, 1861 and to First Lieutenant on 2 December, 1864. John W. McCall saw action in the following engagements: Seven Days Battle; Gettysburg; The Wilderness; Spotsylvania Court House; and the Shendandoah Valley Campaign.
John W. McCall wrote the following letter to his sister, Frances McCall Reid, from the battlefield:
"Near Petersburg, Va.
July 4th, 1864.
My Dear Sister:
I have been silent for some days because I could not send off any letters, since the Yankees made a raid on the Rail Road some two weeks since. The raiders are gone and the road will soon be in order again so I can let you hear from me. I am to send this by Lieutenant Walden. I dropped father a short not this morning. I am in fine health and faring well though very anxious to hear from home.
We are in the vicinity of Petersburg and laying on the reserve line. I go to town everyday, but the Yankees are so close I cannot have much fun. The Yankees are shelling the city every morning and evening. There has been some few women and children killed and several wounded. I saw one lose her life last week by a shell. The most of them have been moved out. They are still moving out and putting up tents in the country.
I have been on two scouts since I wrote you. We went down in the direction of Weldon, N.C. to meet Willson's Yankee Raiders. I saw 200 prisoners, 8 pieces of artillery that Willson lost, also 800 negroes that he has stole from from the citizens they were chiefly when and children and will be returned. I could tell you much of their vandalism if I had the time but I am writing so fast I know you can scarcely read it. Wilcox's Division has just past on its way to Chaffin's Bluff in front of Richmond.
George Reid is well and in fine spirits. Cast. Wilcox is also well. Our men and the Yankees keep up sharp shooting all the time at a distance from two to four hundred yards both parties behind breast works so there are few men killed. I see no prospect of the campaign ending soon. Our boys are in fine spirits.
Look over bad writing and mistakes. I have written in haste. Write soon
Your Bro. John".
John W. McCall was mustered out on 14 February 1865 and returned home to Wilcox County. He married Susan Catherine McIntyre (1844-1924) and they had one son, George Duncan McCall (1869-1956). John W. McCall died of consumption (tuberculosis) in 1869
John McCall enlisted as a private with Company H, 10th Georgia Infantry Regiment, Wilcox County Rifles, on 20 May, 1861. He was promoted to 4th Corporal on 15 June, 1861 and to First Lieutenant on 2 December, 1864. John W. McCall saw action in the following engagements: Seven Days Battle; Gettysburg; The Wilderness; Spotsylvania Court House; and the Shendandoah Valley Campaign.
John W. McCall wrote the following letter to his sister, Frances McCall Reid, from the battlefield:
"Near Petersburg, Va.
July 4th, 1864.
My Dear Sister:
I have been silent for some days because I could not send off any letters, since the Yankees made a raid on the Rail Road some two weeks since. The raiders are gone and the road will soon be in order again so I can let you hear from me. I am to send this by Lieutenant Walden. I dropped father a short not this morning. I am in fine health and faring well though very anxious to hear from home.
We are in the vicinity of Petersburg and laying on the reserve line. I go to town everyday, but the Yankees are so close I cannot have much fun. The Yankees are shelling the city every morning and evening. There has been some few women and children killed and several wounded. I saw one lose her life last week by a shell. The most of them have been moved out. They are still moving out and putting up tents in the country.
I have been on two scouts since I wrote you. We went down in the direction of Weldon, N.C. to meet Willson's Yankee Raiders. I saw 200 prisoners, 8 pieces of artillery that Willson lost, also 800 negroes that he has stole from from the citizens they were chiefly when and children and will be returned. I could tell you much of their vandalism if I had the time but I am writing so fast I know you can scarcely read it. Wilcox's Division has just past on its way to Chaffin's Bluff in front of Richmond.
George Reid is well and in fine spirits. Cast. Wilcox is also well. Our men and the Yankees keep up sharp shooting all the time at a distance from two to four hundred yards both parties behind breast works so there are few men killed. I see no prospect of the campaign ending soon. Our boys are in fine spirits.
Look over bad writing and mistakes. I have written in haste. Write soon
Your Bro. John".
John W. McCall was mustered out on 14 February 1865 and returned home to Wilcox County. He married Susan Catherine McIntyre (1844-1924) and they had one son, George Duncan McCall (1869-1956). John W. McCall died of consumption (tuberculosis) in 1869
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