From May 1861 to early 1862 Bolling Hall, Jr., served in the 6th Alabama Infantry. In the letter he mentions recent fighting, including battles at Belmont, Kentucky, and Port Royal, South Carolina: "Some of the men are rather discouraged by our...
This article criticizes an "immigration scheme" designed to attract African American citizens to a city in the midwestern United States, where "everything will be in the hands of the negro" (including city management, industry, and education). The...
2010-01-25
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