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- Letter from James Boaz in Camargo, Mexico, to his brother, William, in Weewokaville, Alabama.
- 1846-10-12
- In the letter James discusses health in camp; upcoming troop movements and predictions about the war ("it is opinion of some of our officers that when we leave here we will leave for home that peace will be made in sixty days"); and the land around...
- 2010-11-12
- Letter from Crenshaw Hall at Fairfax Station in Virginia, to his father, Bolling, in Alabama.
- 1861-06-26
- From May 1861 to May 1862 Crenshaw Hall served in the 6th Alabama Infantry. In the letter he discusses recent troop movements; his first night on picket duty; rumors about campaigns and military activity; the relative peace in the area; sickness...
- 2011-07-06
- Letter from Robert Josselyn in Richmond, Virginia, to Governor John Gill Shorter in Alabama.
- 1861-12-24
- Josselyn writes on behalf of President Jefferson Davis, acknowledging receipt of Governor Shorter's recent letter. Shorter had asked that Dr. S. W. Dent be considered for appointment as an army surgeon; his request has been forwarded to the...
- 2011-04-04
- Letter from Lieutenant S. H. Dent to Colonel George G. Garner.
- 1862-10-29
- At the start of the Civil War, Dent was a 1st lieutenant of the Eufaula Rifles, which became Company B of the 1st Alabama Infantry; he was eventually promoted to captain and commanded Dent's Battery (formerly Robertson's Battery). In the letter...
- 2011-04-04
- Letter from Major General J. H. Forney in Mobile, Alabama, to C. T. Pollard, president of the Montgomery and West Point Railroad, and of the Alabama and Florida Railroad Company of Alabama.
- 1862-11-18
- In the letter Forney discusses the appropriation of railroad cars and iron tracks from the Alabama and Florida Railroad of Florida, by the Confederate army; the rolling stock will be used by two other lines in the state (including the Montgomery...
- 2011-07-01
- Letter from Alex K. Hall in camp near Dalton, Georgia, to his mother, probably in Portland, Alabama.
- 1863-01-30
- During the Civil War, Alex served in the 2nd and 3rd Alabama Cavalry. In the letter he discusses mutual acquaintances; "recruit furloughs" obtained by several men ("he puts in a recruit and gets 40 days more"); rumors of enemy troop movements; a...
- 2011-07-06
- Letter from Alex K. Hall in camp near Chattanooga, Tennessee, to his grandfather, Randall Cooke, probably in Connecticut.
- 1863-10-12
- During the Civil War, Alex served in the 2nd and 3rd Alabama Cavalry. In the brief letter he sends news of family members, and he refers to the "flag of truce" system developed by the United States Postal Service for delivering mail between the...
- 2011-07-06
- Letter from Charles D. Hall in Montgomery, Alabama, to his aunt, Helen Kirtland, probably in Wallingford, Connecticut.
- 1865-03-19
- In the letter he sends news of his brother Herbert's death (from diphtheria), and he explains that he has been in the Confederate army for several months. At the end is a note to his cousin, Elizabeth, to whom this and other letters were to be...
- 2011-07-06