Alabama Textual Materials Collection

ADAH Digital Collections

Log in
|
Favorites
|
Help
|
English

English

Deutsch

Espanol

Pirate English

한국어 Korean

中国 Chinese, Simplified

中國 Chinese, Traditional

Nederlands

Français

Català

日本語 Japanese

ไทย Thai

Find results with:

Add another field

Searching collections:

Alabama Textual Materials Collection

Add or remove collections

You've searched:

Alabama Textual Materials Collection

Description: tell

(37 results)

Sort by: Sort by date

Sort by date

Relevance

Item Title

Description

Subject

Date created

Display Options

Save to favorites

Display: 20

100

200

- Letter from William Riley Jones in Tennessee, to his wife, Mary, probably in Tuscaloosa or Fayette County, Alabama.
- 1863-01-08
- During the Civil War, Jones served in Company G of the 41st Alabama Infantry Regiment; he was killed in the Battle of Chickamauga on September 20, 1863. In the letter he describes in great detail a battle he was recently in, probably the Battle of...
- 2010-07-15
- Letters from James A. Hall in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, to his sister and father, Bolling, in Alabama.
- 1862-12-14
- During the Civil War, James Hall served as a captain in Company K of the 24th Alabama Infantry regiment. In the letter to his sister, he discusses conditions in camp: " I have now every comfort one could expect in camps. Plenty of clothing,...
- 2011-10-20
- Letter from William Riley Jones in Knox County, Tennessee, to his wife, Mary, probably in Tuscaloosa or Fayette County, Alabama.
- 1862-10-18
- During the Civil War, Jones served in Company G of the 41st Alabama Infantry Regiment; he was killed in the Battle of Chickamauga on September 20, 1863. In the letter he explains that he has been ill with pneumonia ("new money"); he and several...
- 2010-07-15
- Transcript of a letter from I. B. Cadenhead in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, to his wife.
- 1862-09-01
- In the letter Cadenhead explains that he is sick in the hospital but will soon rejoin his unit at Chattanooga. He mentions that he has spent part of his pay on food, but adds that he has had plenty of meat, bread, rice, coffee, syrup, and "good...
- 2009-12-14
- Letter from William Riley Jones to his wife, Mary, probably in Tuscaloosa or Fayette County, Alabama.
- 1862-09
- During the Civil War, Jones served in Company G of the 41st Alabama Infantry Regiment; he was killed in the Battle of Chickamauga on September 20, 1863. In the letter he discusses money that he and several other men are planning to send home; they...
- 2010-07-15
- Letter from Thomas B. Hall in Saltillo, Mississippi, to his father, Bolling, in Alabama.
- 1862-07-18
- During the Civil War, Thomas Hall served in Company K of the 24th Alabama Infantry regiment. In the letter he discusses recent changes in command; and possible appointments for men in his regiment and for his brothers elsewhere in the army;...
- 2011-10-20
- Letters between Thomas Warrick in Loachapoka, Alabama, and A. P. Wideman in Wetumpka, Alabama.
- 1862-04-11
- During the war, Warrick served in the Coosa Home Guards, and he was a private in Company C of the 34th Alabama Infantry. A. P. Wideman was the brother of Warrick's wife, Martha. In the first letter, dated April 1, 1862, Warrick asks Wideman to...
- 2009-11-20
- Letter from Bolling Hall, Jr., at Davis Ford in Virginia, to his father in Alabama.
- 1861-12-26
- From May 1861 to early 1862 Bolling Hall, Jr., served in the 6th Alabama Infantry. In the letter he explains that he will be unable to get a furlough, and he discusses the possibility of getting a promotion: "If I do not get a position I shall...
- 2011-07-06
- Letter from M. H. Sanborn at Culpeper Court House, Virginia, to Juliet Opie Hopkins, superintendent of the Alabama Hospitals in Richmond, Virginia.
- 1861-08-26
- In the letter Sanborn describes staffing, patients, illnesses, and conditions at the local military hospital. He mentions that several Alabamians are being treated there and observes that the facility is well-stocked but "badly managed": "It is not...
- 2010-12-07
- Letter from Washington Powell in West Liberty, Virginia, to Thomas Clements.
- 1861-03-22
- In the letter Powell mentions the weather and mutual acquaintances, and he discusses the ongoing secession of Southern states: "The people in this part of the state are becomeing [sic] very restless about the state not seceding. Secession appears...
- 2009-06-25
- Two letters from W. H. Mitchell in Montgomery, Alabama, to his wife, Martha, in Florence, Alabama.
- 1861-01-00
- In the first letter, written from the Exchange Hotel on January 10, 1861, Mitchell describes the tension and excitement in the city as they wait for the official declaration of Alabama's secession: "There seems to be no doubt, you may tell your...
- 2009-06-25
- Letter from Bolling Hall at the University of Virginia to his father, Bolling Hall, in Alabama.
- 1860-10-06
- In the letter Bolling describes campus activities and promises to do better in school than he had the previous year, despite his busy social life. He also discusses politics in detail, including the presidential election of 1860 and Virginia's...
- 2009-06-25
- The Dallas Gazette, volume 15, number 43.
- 1858-08-20
- The issue includes advertisements and articles on the following topics: goods and services offered by local businesses; death, marriage, and legal notices; local events; news about social, medical, agricultural, political, economic, and military...
- 2011-10-11
- Letter from Syndenham Moore in Camargo, Mexico, to his wife, Amanda, in Greensboro, Alabama.
- 1846-11-10
- During the Mexican-American War, Moore organized and led the Eutaw Rangers, a group of volunteers from Greene County, Alabama. In the letter he responds to recent correspondence from his wife, in which her mood seemed "sad & melancholy." He...
- 2010-01-28
- Letter from Syndenham Moore in Mobile, Alabama, to his wife, Amanda, in Eutaw, Alabama.
- 1846-06-21
- During the Mexican-American War, Moore organized and led the Eutaw Rangers, a group of volunteers from Greene County, Alabama. In the letter he discusses the delay in moving troops out of Mobile; sickness in the camp; and acquaintances from Eutaw....
- 2009-11-17
- Letter from James Browne in Sumter County, Alabama, to W. W. Renwick of Newberry District, South Carolina.
- 1842-01-30
- In the letter Browne discusses his travels through the South, describes the economic opportunities and prices of goods in Alabama, and asks about eligible young ladies at home. He wonders why women are reluctant to move south: "Alabama is a great...
- 2009-06-25
- PERSONAL EXPLANATION OF THE HON. W. R. W. COBB, OF ALABAMA, an address delivered in the United States House of Representatives.
- 1831-01-07
- In his address Cobb insists that the slavery question, the central issue influencing the pending secession of the South, was not answered by the recent presidential election: "But gentlemen say they cannot do anything. They say that the edict went...
- 2009-06-25