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- "Wallace for Governor: 'Our kind of man.'"
- Leaflet promoting George Wallace in the 1970 gubernatorial campaign. It discusses his stance on issues such as taxation, medical service, public education, gender equality ("Alabama's women will have their rightful place in state government"),...
- 2010-11-08
- Mobile Gazette and Commercial Advertiser, volume 3, number 66.
- 1820-06-07
- The issue includes advertisements and articles on the following topics: goods and services offered by local businesses; legal notices and estate sales; national and international political, economic, and military news; public land sales in Alabama...
- 2010-11-12
- Letter from James R. Riggs near Dalton, Georgia, to his uncle, Tom Riggs.
- 1861-03-19
- During the Civil War, Riggs served in Company G of the 27th Mississippi Infantry Regiment. In the letter he describes a recent campaign by General Joseph E. Johnston, which was a surprising success: "Gen Johnston completely surprise both our army...
- 2010-06-09
- Letter from Bolling Hall, Jr., near Fairfax Station in Virginia, to his father in Alabama.
- 1861-07-04
- From May 1861 to early 1862 Bolling Hall, Jr., served in the 6th Alabama Infantry. In the letter he discusses activities in camp ("while not on guard have been throwing up dirt batteries...I came to the conclusion that I would prefer giving the...
- 2011-07-06
- Letter from Henry Semple, while on board a steamer en route to Chattanooga, Tennessee, to his wife, Emily, in Gainestown, Alabama.
- 1862-08-06
- During the Civil War, Semple served as a captain of an artillery battery organized in Montgomery (known as Semple's Battery). He was later appointed a major and transferred to Mobile. In the letter he discusses current troop movements and supplies;...
- 2011-06-01
- Letter from John E. Hall in camp near the Cumberland Gap, to his father, Bolling, in Alabama.
- 1862-09-16
- From June 1862 to November 1863, John Hall served in Co. E, 2nd Battalion, Hilliard's Legion. In the letter he discusses activities and conditions in camp ("we are stuck in the woods where we have not seen a house in three weeks and no man is...
- 2011-10-20
- Letter from Henry Semple in College Grove, Tennessee, to his wife, Emily.
- 1862-12-19
- During the Civil War, Semple served as a captain of an artillery battery organized in Montgomery (known as Semple's Battery). He was later appointed a major and transferred to Mobile. In the letter he discusses activities in camp and the health of...
- 2011-06-01
- Letter from James A. Hall in camp near Shelbyville, Tennessee, to his father, Bolling, in Alabama.
- 1863-05-29
- During the Civil War, James Hall served as a captain in Company K of the 24th Alabama Infantry regiment. In the letter he discusses his grandfather's death (Abner Crenshaw); recent troop movements; weather and conditions in camp; sickness among the...
- 2011-10-20
- Letter from Crenshaw Hall near Knoxville, Tennessee, to his father, Bolling, in Alabama.
- 1863-07-22
- From July 1862 to November 1863, Crenshaw Hall was adjutant of the 2nd Battalion, Hilliard's Legion. In the letter he argues in favor of conscript laws because "between 16 and 18 the state of Ala alone might recruit a force of at least 15,000...
- 2011-10-20
- Letter from Bolling Hall, Jr., at Strawberry Plains, Tennessee, to his father in Alabama.
- 1863-08-10
- From June 1862 to November 1863, Bolling Hall, Jr., was lieutenant colonel of the 2nd Battalion, Hilliard's Legion. In the letter he discusses troop movements; possible reorganizations and officer promotions in the army ("I believe almost all the...
- 2011-10-20
- Letter from John E. Hall near Chattanooga, Tennessee, to his father, Bolling, in Alabama.
- 1863-10-21
- From June 1862 to November 1863, John Hall served in Co. E, 2nd Battalion, Hilliard's Legion. In the letter he discusses his brother Bolling, who was wounded in battle ("I"I was indeed surprised to hear that Bolling had been & was still so low");...
- 2011-10-20
- Letter from James A. Hall at Missionary Ridge, Tennessee, to his father, Bolling, in Alabama.
- 1863-10-22
- During the Civil War, James Hall served as a captain in Company K of the 24th Alabama Infantry regiment. In the letter he discusses his brother Bolling, who was wounded in battle ("I...was much surprised to hear that Bolling had been so ill...I...
- 2011-10-20
- Letter from Bolling Hall, Jr., in Resaca, Georgia, to his father in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1863-12-06
- From November 1863 through the end of the Civil War, Bolling Hall, Jr., was colonel of the 59th Alabama Infantry regiment. In the letter he reports that his brother, James, is safe (he had been reported dead). He also discusses difficulties he is...
- 2011-10-20
- Letter from James A. Hall in Dalton, Georgia, to his father, Bolling, in Alabama.
- 1864-02-18
- During the Civil War, James Hall served as a captain in Company K of the 24th Alabama Infantry regiment. In the letter he discusses a furloughed soldier whom he has asked his father to help; a knapsack he is sending home, which belonged to a fallen...
- 2011-10-20
- Letter from John E. Hall in the camp of the 59th Alabama Infantry regiment ("In Trenches"), to his father, Bolling, in Alabama.
- 1864-08-27
- From November 1863 through the end of the Civil War, John Hall served in Co. B, 59th Alabama Infantry regiment. In the letter he discusses recent campaigns and losses ("Fort Morgan we learned yesterday, has been surrendered. Next may be Mobile");...
- 2011-10-20
- Letter from S. M. Bemiss in Macon Mississippi, to William C. Cross in Gainesville, Alabama.
- 1864-12-18
- At the time the letter was written, Bemiss was serving as medical director of the Confederate Army of Tennessee, and Cross was an army surgeon. In the letter Bemiss, acting on the orders of General Hood, commands Cross to dismantle the hospital...
- 2009-12-14
- "Race Separation in the Street Cars."
- 1902-11-05
- This article compares street car ordinances in Mobile and New Orleans: "Of the two the Mobile law seems to be the best, for it does not require the making of separate compartments in the cars, but simply that white passengers shall be seated in the...
- 2010-01-25
- Letters between J. A. May, sheriff of Houston County, Alabama, and John H. Bankhead in Washington, D.C.
- 1917-04
- In the first letter, written April 23, 1917, May asks Bankhead to support the proposed selective service legislation rather than relying on volunteers to fill the ranks: "If...it is left up to the people of this country to volunteer to win this...
- 2010-12-07
- Transcript of a letter from John Durr to his mother, Lucy, in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1918-03-23
- In the letter John describes living conditions on the front lines in France; the shooting down of a German plane ("our first glimpse of war"); and the excitement most of the men feel during the fighting: "We stood on a hill under the moonlight last...
- 2009-06-25
- Transcript of a letter from John Durr to his family in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1918-12-19
- In the letter John describes his regiment's hike from the front lines to the German city where the men are now stationed. He also gives details about accommodations, entertainment, and daily military activities; all is comfortable and safe but also...
- 2009-06-25