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- Voter registration certificate issued to W. E. Hayes of Dale County, Alabama.
- 1902
- The certificate declares that Hayes "has become a Qualified Elector as provided by the Constitution." Such documents were issued to white males who might have been disqualified from voting by the requirements in the 1901 constitution; in many cases...
- 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
- Letters from C. Cale in Independence, Alabama, to Juliet Opie Hopkins, superintendent of the Alabama Hospital in Richmond, Virginia.
- 1861 November 1
- In the letter Cale informs Mrs. Hopkins that the women in Independence have formed an organization for collecting items "for the benefit of sick soldiers." They have sent three boxes of supplies (mostly linens, clothing, and other textiles), which...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letters between B. B. Peete and others in Madison, Alabama, to John H. Bankhead in Washington, D.C.
- 1916 January
- In the first letter, written January 25, 1916, the men urge Bankhead to work to keep the United States out of the war, though they support the fortification of coastal cities: "Vote for the bills to stop Americans from traveling on beligrent vesels...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Governor Clement C. Clay in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to Secretary of War J. R. Poinsett in Washington, D.C.
- 1837 April 17
- In the letter Clay discusses Creek Indians who have escaped from removal camps and are hiding in their old territory: "It is...impossible to ascertain satisfactorily how many of these deluded savages, are still lurking within our limits, but I am...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from William McDowell in Huntsville, Alabama, to his daughter, Mary Eliza Mastin in Marion, Alabama.
- 1863 November 12
- In the letter McDowell describes a recent skirmish in town between the Confederate and Union troops, and he refers to a battle at Chattanooga, which the Confederates are rumored to have won ("this may, or, may not be true"). He sends news of family...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- "The Skirted Soldier" by Charles Collins Aldridge.
- 1943
- Free verse poem written from the perspective of a WAC, describing the duties and mission of the Women's Army Corps.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Haygood Paterson, executive director of the Alabama State Defense Council, to Z. Scogin, mayor of Piedmont, Alabama.
- 1943 September 28
- In the letter Paterson explains that the governor has just established a committee responsible for recruiting Alabama women to serve in the Women's Army Corps. He asks Scogin to appoint a woman from his city to serve on the committee.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Memorandum from First Lieutenant E. C. Knox, assistant post signal officer at the Huntsville Arsenal, to Colonel Brice, intelligence officer.
- 1942 December 3
- In the memo Knox reports on a blackout held in Huntsville on December 2. He rates the activities of the staff at the Huntsville Raid Warning Control Center, where he observed the proceedings.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Walton Weber in Columbus, Ohio, to S.H. Dent.
- 1902 November 29
- 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 Ada in Eufaula, Alabama, to her sister, Anna Dent, in Pensacola, Florida.
- 1861 March 28
- At the time the letter was written, Anna was visiting her husband, Hubert Dent, in camp at Fort Barrancas. In the letter Ada discusses family members and mutual acquaintances; local troop movements; and domestic activities such as sewing and...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Mollie Young in Eufaula, Alabama, to her sister, Anna Dent, in Pensacola, Florida.
- 1861 April 16
- At the time the letter was written, Anna was visiting her husband, Hubert Dent, in camp at Fort Barrancas. In the letter Mollie discusses the Confederate success at Fort Sumter ("Not one of our men killed or wounded!") and local troop movements....
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Ada in Eufaula, Alabama, to her brother-in-law, Hubert Dent, in Pensacola, Florida.
- 1861 May
- 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 Ada...
- 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 Edwin B. Young in Eufaula, Alabama, to his brother-in-law, Hubert Dent, in at Fort Barrancas in Pensacola. Florida.
- 1861 June 25
- 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 Anna ("Nannie") Dent in Eufaula, Alabama, to her husband, Hubert, in Rome, Georgia.
- 1863 September 21
- 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 Anna ("Nannie") Dent in Eufaula, Alabama, to her husband, Hubert, in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
- 1863 September 25
- 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 Chickamauga Station in Georgia, to his wife, Anna, in Eufaula, Alabama.
- 1863 September 25
- 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
- Incomplete letter from Anna ("Nan") Dent to her husband, Hubert.
- 1861-1865 circa
- 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 Florence, Alabama, to his sister-in-law, Mollie Young.
- 1864 November 7
- 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