During the Civil War, Riggs served in Company G of the 27th Mississippi Infantry Regiment. In the letter he mentions correspondence he has received from relatives and discusses the recent death of an aunt, "leaving an infant a week old without a...
In the letter Blount informs Sherman of an upcoming Union invasion of Mobile, "which if successful, must give the enemy control of all South Alabama." Blount has been authorized to gather slaves and mules from the nearby saltworks to finish...
During the Civil War, Riggs served in Company G of the 27th Mississippi Infantry Regiment. In the letter he asks for his other sister, Martha, to send him a pair of shoes ("I wish she would as soon as possible for I will soon be bare footed"), and...
From November 1863 through the end of the Civil War, Bolling Hall, Jr., was colonel of the 59th Alabama Infantry regiment. The pass stipulates that he must not "communicate in writing or verbally, for publication, any fact ascertained, which, if...
During the Civil War, Alex served in the 2nd and 3rd Alabama Cavalry. In the letter he discusses current troop positions and lack of preparations ("it seems as if we were inviting the enemy over"); mutual acquaintances; and the availability of food...
In the letter Moore informs Mrs. Cadenhead of her husband's death on July 22. He died during a charge on the enemy's breastworks, and his body was left on the battlefield. Moore also mentions serious conversations he had with Cadenhead before his...
In the letter Dicken describes the death of his brother-in-law, I. B. Cadenhead, on July 22: "...from what I can learn he was shot through the chest with a miney ball, I saw him lying on the field, but we was retreating and there was no time for me...
In the letter Patten informs Mrs. Cadenhead of her husband's death on July 22. He died during a charge on the enemy's breastworks, and his body was left on the battlefield: "I saw him after he was ded and wood have taken his things out of his...
Gaskell served in the 407th U.S. Infantry Regiment during World War II. He received the citation "for gallantry in action against the enemy in Germany on 23 and 24 February 1945." A description of his actions is included.
The meeting was led by Don Hallmark and featured the following speakers: Montgomery Mayor Earl James, Dr. Henry Lyon of Highland Avenue Baptist Church, Montgomery Citizens' Council Chairman Carl Herbert Lancaster, and Alabama Attorney General...