During the Civil War, Semple served as a captain of an artillery battery organized in Montgomery (known as Semple's Battery). He was later appointed a major and transferred to Mobile. In the first letter he writes his oldest son, giving him advice...
In the letter, begun on September 22, Mary Ann Hall discusses widespread pneumonia in the area, especially among the slaves: "Every negro on the place has had second or third attack of fever. At one time Dick was the only one on the place to cook -...
Bolling Hall, Jr., and Crenshaw Hall were both wounded in the battle of Drury's Bluff on May 16 and were hospitalized in Richmond, Virginia. They were serving in the 59th Alabama Infantry Regiment at the time. Their father traveled to Richmond to...