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- Two letters to Bolling Hall, one from his oldest son, Bolling, and the other from his wife, Mary Louisa.
- 1850 June 2
- In the letters, Hall's son and wife discuss family illness, weather, crops, livestock, and slaves on their plantation. Mary also mentions her husband's possible attendance at the convention of delegates from proslavery states in Nashville,...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Braxton Bragg in Lowndesboro, Alabama, to Bolling Hall in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1866 February 12
- In the letter Bragg offers condolences after the death of Hall's son, Bolling. During the Civil War, Bolling Hall, Jr., had served under General Bragg.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Bolling Hall, Jr., in Knoxville, Tennessee, to his father in Alabama.
- 1863 August 22
- From June 1862 to November 1863, Bolling Hall, Jr., was lieutenant colonel of the 2nd Battalion, Hilliard's Legion. In the brief letter he discusses troop movements: "There is no telling where we go next nor have I any idea of the contemplated...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Bolling Hall, Jr., near the Cumberland Gap, to his father in Alabama.
- 1862 September 1
- From June 1862 to November 1863, Bolling Hall, Jr., was lieutenant colonel of the 2nd Battalion, Hilliard's Legion. In the letter he discusses his brothers' efforts to be transferred to his regiment (James and Thomas Hall served in the 24th Alabama...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Bolling Hall, Jr., near Fairfax Station in Virginia, to his father in Alabama.
- 1861 July 4
- From May 1861 to early 1862 Bolling Hall, Jr., served in the 6th Alabama Infantry. In the letter he discusses activities in camp ("while not on guard have been throwing up dirt batteries...I came to the conclusion that I would prefer giving the...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letters from John E. Hall and Bolling Hall, Jr., at Camp Alabama near Atlanta, Georgia, to their father in Alabama.
- 1862 July
- From June 1862 to November 1863, Bolling and John Hall served in 2nd Battalion, Hilliard's Legion. In the first letter, written July 12, 1862, John discusses the journey to their current location; though they arrived safely, two men in another...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Bolling Hall at the University of Virginia to his father, Bolling Hall, in Alabama.
- 1860 October 6
- 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...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Bolling Hall at the University of Virginia to his father, Bolling Hall, in Alabama.
- 1861 January 5
- In the letter Bolling discusses his studies at the university; criticism of his father's vote in the Electoral College during the recent presidential election; "troubles in Autaugaville & Prattville among the negroes"; disagreements among Southern...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Bolling Hall, Jr., in Petersburg, Tennessee, to his father in Alabama.
- 1864 November 7
- From November 1863 through the end of the Civil War, Bolling Hall, Jr., was colonel of the 59th Alabama Infantry regiment.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letters from the Hall brothers in LaFayette, Georgia, to their father, Bolling, in Alabama.
- 1863 September 15
- From June 1862 to November 1863, Bolling, Crenshaw, and John Hall served in 2nd Battalion, Hilliard’s Legion. James and Thomas served in Company K of the 24th Alabama Infantry regiment. In the first letter, Bolling explains that "Jim & Tom came...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Telegram from Bolling Hall, Jr., in Ringgold, Georgia, to his father in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1863 September 24
- From June 1862 to November 1863, Bolling Hall, Jr., was lieutenant colonel of the 2nd Battalion, Hilliard’s Legion. In the message he explains that his brother, who has been wounded, is in serious condition: "Tom is very low. Come at once if you...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Telegram from Bolling Hall, Jr., in Atlanta, Georgia, to his father in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1863 November 28
- From November 25, 1863, through the end of the Civil War, Bolling Hall, Jr., was colonel of the 59th Alabama Infantry regiment.In the message he reports that his brother, James, has probably been killed in battle: "Information we consider reliable...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Bolling Hall, Jr., at Brabson's Ferry in Tennessee, to his father in Alabama.
- 1864 February 21
- From November 1863 through the end of the Civil War, Bolling Hall, Jr., was colonel of the 59th Alabama Infantry regiment.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Bolling Hall, Jr., in the camp of the 59th Alabama Infantry regiment, to his father in Alabama.
- 1864 March 10
- From November 1863 through the end of the Civil War, Bolling Hall, Jr., was colonel of the 59th Alabama Infantry regiment.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Bolling Hall, Jr., in camp near Zollicoffer, Tennessee, to his father in Alabama.
- 1864 April 10
- From November 1863 through the end of the Civil War, Bolling Hall, Jr., was colonel of the 59th Alabama Infantry regiment.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Bolling Hall, Jr., in Arlington, Virginia, to his father in Alabama.
- 1864 April 21
- From November 1863 through the end of the Civil War, Bolling Hall, Jr., was colonel of the 59th Alabama Infantry regiment.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Bolling Hall, Jr., in camp on Mechanicsville Road near Richmond, Virginia, to his father in Alabama.
- 1864 May 4
- From November 1863 through the end of the Civil War, Bolling Hall, Jr., was colonel of the 59th Alabama Infantry regiment.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Bolling Hall, Jr., in Richmond, Virginia, to his father in Alabama.
- 1864 July 5
- 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 health ("With the exception of my bowels I am well") and the lack of food in camp ("since the campaign is over...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Bolling Hall, Jr., at the University of Virginia to his father in Alabama.
- 1860 April 29
- In the letter Bolling gives a detailed account of a recent visit to Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson. He gives his impression of the structure ("The house is of the strangest plan I ever saw"); describes the poor condition of the burial...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Bolling Hall, Jr., at the University of Virginia to his father in Alabama.
- 1860 June 15
- In the letter Bolling discusses money he will need to travel back to Alabama at the end of the school year; his recovery from a recent illness ("I still am partially deaf so that I have a great difficulty in taking notes from the Lectures"); news...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection