This article discusses activities and news at Camp Clark in Mobile, Alabama, where the men are preparing to fight in the Spanish-American War. Two companies from Mobile will soon join the camp, and one soldier (of the Montgomery Greys) was recently...
This mounted infantry regiment saw action in north Mississippi, north Georgia, and Tennessee. The book contains the roster and supply accounts for individual members of the company. Supplies listed include clothing, ammunition, blankets, and...
The regiment was organized at Auburn, Alabama, in 1862, and it saw action at Perryville, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Dalton, Atlanta and Franklin. The book contains muster lists for the company and gives information about supplies and...
The regiment was created at Charleston, Tennessee, in November 1863 by combining four companies of the 1st Battalion, Hilliard's Legion with the six companies of the 3rd Battalion. Company E was originally Company A. 3rd Battalion, Hilliard's...
This company was originally Company A, 1st Battalion of Hilliard's Legion. It became Company F, 60th Alabama Infantry following reorganization at Charleston, Tennessee, after the Battle of Chickamauga in 1863. It later saw action in Virginia. The...
Paroles were issued to Confederate soldiers at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, after Robert E. Lee's surrender; each man was granted "permission to go to his home, and there remain undisturbed."
Jordan wrote the diary in the form of a letter to his wife, Julia. In it he discusses daily life in his regiment; their camp at the University of Tennessee in Nashville; the discovery of a woman posing as a soldier; speculations about the length of...
In the diary he describes the troop movements of the "Mobile Rifles" after the regiment was formed in 1861; traveling to Lynchburg, Virginia; the enthusiasm for secession in Alabama and Virginia; his term of service at Norfolk, Virginia; social...
In the letter McLemore explains that a number of Indians in the area have been "manafesting warlike symptoms"; in response, he has called out the militia and constructed two forts to protect the county. He describes recent events but reports that...
During the Civil War, Badger enlisted as a nurse in the 6th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment, and he later became an assistant surgeon in Company D of the 34th New Jersey Volunteer Regiment. After the war, the 34th New Jersey Regiment served with...
In the letter Robertson orders Clayton to include the names of all imprisoned and sick men of the regiment in his morning report. A transcript is included.
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");...
From November 1863 through the end of the Civil War, John Hall served in Co. B, 59th Alabama Infantry regiment. In the letter he describes his regiment's duties as a reserve for the brigade: "We got this position by every other regiment in the...
The arrival and departure dates at each location are also recorded. The list is made on Y.M.C.A. stationery; the letterhead reads "American Y.M.C.A. / U.S. Army of Occupation. / Sinzig, on the Rhine, Germany. / 167th Reg. Rainbow Div."