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- Letter from Mrs. Sidney G. Weil to the editor of the Montgomery Advertiser.
- In the letter Mrs. Weil discusses the need for Montgomery to incorporate surrounding towns in order to increase its population and attract large businesses to the area: "There is surely a way to incorporate into the City it's [sic] natural growth,...
- 2009-10-16
- PERSONAL EXPLANATION OF THE HON. W. R. W. COBB, OF ALABAMA, an address delivered in the United States House of Representatives.
- 1831-01-07
- In his address Cobb insists that the slavery question, the central issue influencing the pending secession of the South, was not answered by the recent presidential election: "But gentlemen say they cannot do anything. They say that the edict went...
- 2009-06-25
- Transcription of Dr. Jack Shackleford's account of the Goliad Massacre.
- 1836-07-23
- After raising a group of volunteers (known as the Red Rovers) in Lawrence County, Alabama, Dr. Shackelford went to assist Texas in its fight for independence. The massacre at Goliad on March 27, 1836, occurred after the Texans and Americans had...
- 2009-06-25
- Letter from Miller Davison in Monroe County, Alabama, to James Dellet in Washington, D.C.
- 1844-02-01
- In the letter Davison, an overseer for Dellet, discusses weather, livestock, and harvesting crops. He also describes punishing two slaves. He whipped a woman and shot a man in the leg; according to Davidson, "...I went to whip him and he told me if...
- 2009-06-25
- Letter from Anna Dent in Eufaula, Alabama, to her husband, Hubert, in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1861-06-03
- At the start of the Civil War, Hubert 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...
- 2011-04-04
- Two letters from John E. Hall, part of the advanced forces of the Army of the Potomac, to his father, Bolling, in Alabama.
- 1861-07-01
- From May 1861 to June 1862 John Hall served in the 6th Alabama Infantry. In the letters he discusses activities in camp; the illness of his brother, Crenshaw, and other men in the regiment; a comet he saw ("with the longest tail that I have ever...
- 2011-07-06
- Letter from Crenshaw Hall near the Cumberland Gap, to his father, Bolling, in Alabama.
- 1862-09-01
- From July 1862 to November 1863, Crenshaw Hall was adjutant of the 2nd Battalion, Hilliard's Legion. In the letter he explains that "the Gap is apparently as impregnable and impenetrable as ever," and he describes a recent skirmish with Union...
- 2011-10-20
- Letter from Thomas Warrick in Tennessee, to his wife, Martha.
- 1862-12-19
- During the war, Warrick served in the Coosa Home Guards, and he was a private in Company C of the 34th Alabama Infantry. In the letter he describes the execution of a soldier who had deserted twice: "...he went home and thay brote him back and then...
- 2009-12-03
- Letter from Thomas Warrick near Shelbyville, Tennessee, to his wife, Martha.
- 1863-01-13
- During the war, Warrick served in the Coosa Home Guards, and he was a private in Company C of the 34th Alabama Infantry. In the letter he discusses the battle at Murfreesboro, describing battlefield conditions and casualties: "I don't see how I...
- 2009-12-03
- Letter from Hubert Dent in camp near Shelbyville, Tennessee, to his wife, Anna.
- 1863-01-25
- 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 he...
- 2011-04-04
- Letter from Bolling H. Hall in camp near Darkville, Virginia, to his uncle, Bolling Hall, in Alabama.
- 1863-07-18
- Bolling H. Hall is the son of William Bolling Hall and Mary B. Hall, sister of Bolling Hall (1813-1897). In the letter Hall discusses his regiment's journey to its present location, giving details about the distances between points; skirmishes with...
- 2011-10-20
- Letter from Bolling Hall, Jr., in camp near Knoxville, Tennessee, to his father in Alabama.
- 1863-07-18
- From June 1862 to November 1863, Bolling Hall, Jr., was lieutenant colonel of the 2nd Battalion, Hilliard's Legion. In the letter he discusses his duties in camp ("You seem to have all been under the impression that I have had command of the Legion...
- 2011-10-20
- Letter from James R. Riggs near Chickamauga, Georgia, to his sister, Martha Smith.
- 1863-08-26
- During the Civil War, Riggs served in Company G of the 27th Mississippi Infantry Regiment. In the letter he discusses recent troop movements and campaigns, and he mentions that a lot of men have been deserting lately: "...we have lost a great many...
- 2010-06-09
- Letter from James R. Riggs near Chattanooga, Tennessee, to his sister, Martha Smith.
- 1863-10-06
- During the Civil War, Riggs served in Company G of the 27th Mississippi Infantry Regiment. In the letter he briefly discusses the battle of Chickamauga and fighting at Chattanooga, and he mentions that he has not been harmed during the conflicts:...
- 2010-06-09
- Letter from James R. Riggs near Dalton, Georgia, to his sister, Martha Smith.
- 1864-03-23
- During the Civil War, Riggs served in Company G of the 27th Mississippi Infantry Regiment. In the letter he describes the lodging and food in the camp: "Our camps are on the side of a mountain which makes it very unpleasant but still our houses are...
- 2010-06-09
- Letter from Bolling Hall, Jr., in Richmond, Virginia, to his father in Alabama.
- 1864-07-05
- 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 health ("With the exception of my bowels I am well") and the lack of food in camp ("since the campaign is over...
- 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 James A. Hall in camp near Lovejoy's Station, Georgia, to his father, Bolling, in Alabama.
- 1864-09-12
- 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 health ("With the exception of my bowels I am well") and the lack of food in camp ("since the campaign is over...
- 2011-10-20
- Passport for Frank W. Boykin.
- 1915-05-01
- This passport was issued to Boykin in 1918 when he went to Mexico on oil well business.
- 2009-09-15
- Letter from Clifford Durr at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, to his mother, Lucy, in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1917-02-27
- In the letter Cliff discusses sports, entertainment, classes, and studying at school, all of which he describes as "monotonous." He would rather spend time with his brother, who has recently arrived home on leave from the army: "Last year about...
- 2009-06-25