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When he moved to Shawneetown, he continued to read law under Judge William G. Bowman who had a large library of both law and the classics.

In addition to his job as a clerk, he and his brother opened their law practice under the name " E. C.

and R. G.

Ingersoll ".

During this time they also had an office in Raleigh, Illinois, then the county seat of neighboring Saline County.

As attorneys following the court circuit he often practiced along side Cunningham's soon-to-be son-in-law, John A. Logan, the state's attorney and political ally to Hall.