From November 1863 through the end of the Civil War, John Hall served in Co. B, 59th Alabama Infantry regiment. In the letter he discusses recent campaigns and losses ("Fort Morgan we learned yesterday, has been surrendered. Next may be Mobile");...
(Photograph taken in civilian clothes.) Graduated from West Point, 1852. Resigned his U.S. Army commission and was appointed as a captain in the Confederate Army in April 1861. Promoted to brigadier general in April 1863. Major campaigns and...