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- Notebook kept by Henry F. Wilson while serving as a private in the Mobile Rifles, Company K of the 3rd Alabama Infantry during the Civil War.
- 1860-1865
- The notebook contains poetry, notes, sketches, regimental rosters, receipts for supplies, loose letters, and the pass issued to Wilson at Appomattox Court House at the end of the war.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Jabez Curry to his son, Thomas, a Confederate soldier.
- 1862 June 9
- In the letter Curry discusses a recent drought and the effects it will have on the Confederate cause: "If the drouth continues, and I fear it will, it will be the greatest of calamities to the Confederacy--with good seasons provisions would be made...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Mary Ann Hall in Portland, Alabama, to her sister, Helen Kirtland, probably in Wallingford, Connecticut.
- 1863 November 24
- In the letter Mary Ann discusses unreliable mail delivery and refers to the "flag of truce" system developed by the United States Postal Service for delivering mail between the North and South. She sends news of her family and mutual acquaintances,...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Mary Ann ("Molly") Hall in Portland, Alabama, to her sister, Helen Kirtland, probably in Wallingford, Connecticut.
- 1865 January 5
- In the letter she discusses unreliable mail delivery; her sons' experiences in the Confederate army ("They never murmur or complain - laugh over their corn bread, tough Beef & tentless bed, and seems to realize how much better off they are than the...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from James R. Riggs near Chickamauga, Georgia, to his sister, Martha Smith.
- 1863 September 6
- During the Civil War, Riggs served in Company G of the 27th Mississippi Infantry Regiment. In the letter he discusses a religious revival that has been taking place in the camp, with nightly preaching for the last week. He also asks Martha to send...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from William Riley Jones in Knox County, Tennessee, to his wife, Mary, probably in Tuscaloosa or Fayette County, Alabama.
- 1862 September 28
- 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 illness in the camp and upcoming troop movements. He then expresses...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from William Riley Jones in Charleston, Tennessee, to his wife, Mary, probably in Tuscaloosa or Fayette County, Alabama.
- 1862-1863 circa
- 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 asks his wife to send him "a ball of sowing thred," and he sends a message...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from William Riley Jones to his wife, Mary, probably in Tuscaloosa or Fayette County, Alabama.
- 1862 September-October circa
- 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...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from William Riley Jones to his wife, Mary, probably in Tuscaloosa or Fayette County, Alabama.
- 1862-1863 circa
- 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 morality in the camp and expresses his desire to attend a worship...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from William Riley Jones in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to his wife, Mary.
- 1862 July 16
- 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 upcoming troop movements; money he plans to send home; and a sermon...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Affidavit by Eliza H. Coleman of Butler County, Alabama, requesting to purchase three bushels of salt from John P. Figh & Co. at the state saltworks in Clarke County, Alabama.
- 1862 April 28
- In the statement she attests that the salt is "for her own consumption, and not for sale, or speculation."
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Affidavit by T. Stamp of Wetumpka, Alabama, requesting to purchase two bushels of salt from John P. Figh & Co. at the state saltworks in Clarke County, Alabama.
- 1862 April 5
- In the statement he attests that the "salt is intended specially for my own familly [sic] use."
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Handwritten copy of a letter from Governor A. B. Moore in Montgomery, Alabama, to Quartermaster General Duff C. Green in Mobile, Alabama.
- 1861 November 16
- In the letter Moore discusses recent legislation regulating the sale and exportation of salt in the state. The law was enacted to provide enough salt for Alabama citizens, but Moore directs Green to allow sales with citizens of Mississippi as well:...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Handwritten copy of a letter from D. P. Everett in Orange Hill, Florida, to Governor John Milton.
- 1864 June 13
- In the letter Everett urges Milton to cooperate with the governor of Alabama to provide military protection at the saltworks in West Bay, Florida: "The operatives have so long & so often been injured & annoyed by insignificant raids upon their work...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from F. S. Blount, chief agent of impressment, to Captain Charles E. Sherman in Mobile, Alabama.
- 1864 July 11
- In the letter Blount informs Sherman of an upcoming Union invasion of Mobile, "which if successful, must give the enemy control of all South Alabama." Blount has been authorized to gather slaves and mules from the nearby saltworks to finish...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letters from Lizzie D. Lewis in Albemarle County, Virginia, to Juliet Opie Hopkins, superintendent of the Alabama Hospitals in Richmond, Virginia.
- 1861 June
- In the first letter, written June 11, 1861, Lewis explains her desire to become a nurse (preferably "without without being exposed to all those most disagreeable sights connected with a sickroom") despite the objections of her friends and family....
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from M. H. Sanborn at Culpeper Court House, Virginia, to Juliet Opie Hopkins, superintendent of the Alabama Hospitals in Richmond, Virginia.
- 1861 August 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...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Anna Dent in Eufaula, Alabama, to her husband, Hubert, in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1861 June 3
- At the start of the Civil War, Hubert Dent was a 1st lieutenant of the Eufaula Rifles, which became Company B of the 1st Alabama Infantry; he was eventually promoted to captain and commanded Dent's Battery (formerly Robertson's Battery). In the...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Hubert Dent in camp near Tupelo, Mississippi, to his wife, Anna.
- 1862 June 21
- At the start of the Civil War, Dent was a 1st lieutenant of the Eufaula Rifles, which became Company B of the 1st Alabama Infantry; he was eventually promoted to captain and commanded Dent's Battery (formerly Robertson's Battery). In the letter...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Hubert Dent in camp near Shelbyville, Tennessee, to his wife, Anna ("Nannie").
- 1863 March 27
- At the start of the Civil War, Dent was a 1st lieutenant of the Eufaula Rifles, which became Company B of the 1st Alabama Infantry; he was eventually promoted to captain and commanded Dent's Battery (formerly Robertson's Battery). Dent wrote this...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection