Acting on the order of General Andrew Jackson, Haynes informs Craig that he must defend Fort Claiborne "to the last possible extremity": "Our contery [sic] is at warr [sic] and that state brings with it peculiar and most sacred duties - the honour...
From May 1861 to May 1862 Crenshaw Hall served in the 6th Alabama Infantry. In the letter he describes a recent fight with enemy forces near Fairfax Station, Virginia, several days before the First Battle of Manassas (also known as the First...
From November 1863 through the end of the Civil War, Bolling Hall, Jr., was colonel of the 59th Alabama Infantry regiment. In the letter he discusses his efforts to rejoin his brothers and regiment, after recuperating from a battle wound: "It is...
From June 1862 to November 1863, John Hall served in Co. E, 2nd Battalion, Hilliard's Legion. In the letter he discusses recent troop movements; skirmishes with nearby Union troops, as well as false alarms; the battalion's reputation among citizens...
Folder contains 212 pages on several ethnic groups found in Alabama. These papers were compiled during the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the late-1930s.
The Alabama Historical Records Advisory Board (HRAB), using funds provided by the National Historical Preservation and Records Commission (NHPRC), is offering grants to “assist local governments and historical repositories in developing...
This Construction Manual has been prepared for the information and guidance of Highway
Engineering personnel and is a compilation in written form of the field experience and judgement of those ALDOT engineers with significant construction...