This passage includes an excerpt of a letter from Daniel Pratt to Dixon Hall Lewis, written September 21, 1847. In the correspondence Pratt, an industrialist in Autauga County, Alabama, says that he considers himself "a permanent Citizen of this...
During the Civil War, Sarah Taylor's husband, Thomas, served in the Autauga Rifles and was later a lieutenant of the 6th Alabama Infantry regiment. A transcript is included.
In the letter Hall discusses his recent promotion from captain to major of the 56th Alabama Cavalry regiment, and he includes a copy of the general order granting him the position. Thomas D. Hall was related to the Bolling Hall family of Autauga,...