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- Transcript of a letter from I. B. Cadenhead in Macon County, Alabama, to his wife.
- 1864-05-22
- In the letter Cadenhead explains that he will soon be leaving for Dalton, Georgia, to join the 34th Alabama Regiment. He also mentions that he was unable to get a furlough, and he discusses the livestock and crops at home: "I was sorrey to heare...
- 2009-12-14
- Transcript of a letter from I. B. Cadenhead in Westpoint, Georgia, to his wife.
- 1864-05-26
- In the letter Cadenhead explains that he is on his way to Dalton, Georgia, to join Company H of the 34th Alabama Regiment; he mentions that "the yankey cavalary has got on this side of Atlanter I expect to get inn a battle soon." He closes by...
- 2009-12-14
- Letter from John E. Hall in camp at Chaffin's Farm in Virginia, to his sister, Laura, in Alabama.
- 1864-06-05
- From November 1863 through the end of the Civil War, John Hall served in Co. B, 59th Alabama Infantry regiment. The first three pages are a typed transcript, and the last two are the original pages of a letter written the same day.
- 2011-07-26
- Transcript of a letter from James T. Moore near Atlanta, Georgia, to Mrs. I. B. Cadenhead.
- 1864-07-23
- 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...
- 2009-12-14
- Transcript of a letter from C. Dicken near Atlanta, Georgia, to his sister, Fanny Cadenhead.
- 1864-07-23
- 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...
- 2009-12-14
- Letter from Thomas Warrick near Marietta, Georgia, to his wife, Martha.
- 1864-07-31
- 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 Confederate victory at Marietta: "We giv the yanks an other thrashing las Monday kill about 8...
- 2009-12-03
- Letter from Thomas Warrick in Atlanta, Georgia, to his wife, Martha.
- 1864-07-31
- 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 heavy casualties suffered during recent battles in Atlanta: "I hav bin through 2 of as hard...
- 2009-12-03
- Transcript of a letter from I. G. Patten near Atlanta, Georgia, to Mrs. I. B. Cadenhead.
- 1864-08-05
- 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...
- 2009-12-14
- Letter from Thomas Warrick in Florence, Alabama, to his wife, Martha.
- 1864-11-13
- 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 soldiers' move to winter quarters: "...our intentions was to go into middle Tennessee when we...
- 2009-12-03
- Receipt for $213 for the purchase of clothing, probably for several soldiers.
- 1864-11-26
- The height and weight is listed for one of the men. The original page was extremely faded, so these images have been enhanced to bring out the text.
- 2011-07-06
- Letter from Thomas Warrick near Tupelo, Mississippi, to his wife, Martha.
- 1865-01-12
- 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 possibility of getting a furlough soon, and he mentions a recent unsuccessful campaign: "I shall...
- 2009-12-03
- Letter from Thomas Warrick near Hamburg, South Carolina, to his wife, Martha.
- 1865-02-27
- 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 writes that "we are cut off from our command." There are rumors that they will return to Montgomery and that...
- 2009-12-03
- Letters to Laura Hall from her friends Hattie and Theresa, who are staying in Harpersville, Alabama.
- 1865-08-27
- The original pages were extremely faded, so these images have been enhanced to bring out the text.
- 2011-07-26
- Account of wages owed by Rebecca Smith to freedmen whom she had contracted to work on her plantation for a year.
- 1866-00-00
- All the freedman are listed, with the amount of the wages due them. In the original contract Smith agreed to provide the laborers $60 ("for Negro men of first class"), two suits of clothes, and one acre planted in cotton; the freedmen agreed to pay...
- 2009-09-04
- Incomplete letter from John S. Jones in Freestone County, Texas, probably to his daughter-in-law, Mary Francis Parker Jones.
- 1872-06-07
- Mary was married to William Riley Jones, who served in Company G of the 41st Alabama Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. In the letter John sends news of family; describes the corn and cotton crops he has planted ("wee have had the finist...
- 2010-07-27
- Postscript of a letter from William Lochiel Cameron to Anna Maria Gayle Fry.
- 1915
- With his original message, Cameron enclosed a letter from Mrs. T. O. Chestney of Macon, Georgia, which is included here. On the back of Mrs. Chestney's letter, Cameron quotes from a report describing the Battle of Mobile Bay in August 1864. A...
- 2011-11-16
- Letters between B. B. Peete and others in Madison, Alabama, to John H. Bankhead in Washington, D.C.
- 1916-01
- In the first letter, written January 25, 1916, the men urge Bankhead to work to keep the United States out of the war, though they support the fortification of coastal cities: "Vote for the bills to stop Americans from traveling on beligrent vesels...
- 2010-12-07
- Letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Ocllo Boykin.
- 1937-01-04
- In this letter to Ocllo Boykin, Eleanor Roosevelt reschedules their luncheon date. The president was to give a speech before Congress on the original date.
- 2009-09-15
- Letter from Albert J. Lingo in Birmingham, Alabama, to Bill Jones, press secretary for Governor George Wallace in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1965-10-15
- Lingo served as director of the Alabama Department of Public Safety from 1963 to 1965. In the letter he discusses the book Jones is writing about the governor, which blames Lingo for the violence that occurred in Selma on March 7: "You know as well...
- 2010-04-23