(Uniform indicates rank of major general.) Mexican War veteran. Commissioned as a brigadier general in the Tennessee Provisional Army in May 1861, and later commissioned to the same rank in the Confederate Army in July 1861. Promoted to major...
(Uniform indicates rank of brigadier general.) Mexican War veteran. Commissioned as a brigadier general in the Tennessee Provisional Army in May 1861, and later commissioned to the same rank in the Confederate Army in July 1861. Promoted to...
(Uniform indicates rank of brigadier general.) Mexican War veteran. Commissioned as a brigadier general in the Tennessee Provisional Army in May 1861, and later commissioned to the same rank in the Confederate Army in July 1861. Promoted to...
During the Civil War, James Hall served as a captain in Company K of the 24th Alabama Infantry regiment. During the Civil War, James Hall served as a captain in Company K of the 24th Alabama Infantry regiment. In the letter he discusses his own...
From July 1862 to November 1863, Crenshaw Hall was adjutant of the 2nd Battalion, Hilliard's Legion. In the letter he discusses the difficulty of traveling through the Confederacy; his own recent illness ("I am up...gaining health and strength as...
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,...
During the Civil War, Thomas Hall served in Company K of the 24th Alabama Infantry regiment. In the letter he discusses possible troop movements ("there is no relevance to be placed in a man's thought concerning the movements of the army. We are...