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- Letter from Alex K. Hall in camp near Jonesboro, Georgia, to his aunt, probably Helen Kirtland in Wallingford, Connecticut.
- 1864 September 9
- During the Civil War, Hall served in the 2nd and 3rd Alabama Cavalry. In the letter he sends news of family and mutual acquaintances. He calls the letter a "flag of truce," referring to the system developed by the United States Postal Service for...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Alex K. Hall in camp near Nashville, Tennessee, to his mother, Mary Ann, probably in Portland, Alabama.
- 1864 December 3
- During the Civil War, Hall served in the 2nd and 3rd Alabama Cavalry. In the letter he discusses the Battle of Franklin, which he describes as a Confederate victory (though the Union Army actually won). He mentions men who were killed or wounded in...
- 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 Alex K. Hall in camp at Tupelo, Mississippi, to his father, probably in Portland, Alabama.
- 1865 January 12
- During the Civil War, Hall served in the 2nd and 3rd Alabama Cavalry. In the letter he discusses his health ("I have a pretty bad case of a camp disease"); supplies and clothing he needs; possible troop movements; news of the war in other parts of...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Alex K. Hall at the headquarters of the "Dismounted Cavalry" in Macon, Georgia, to his mother, Mary Ann, probably in Portland, Alabama.
- 1865 February 23
- During the Civil War, Hall served in the 2nd and 3rd Alabama Cavalry. In the letter he discusses upcoming troop movements; food he will be taking to his fellow soldiers ("will surprise the boys tomorrow"); money spent on his current trip; morale of...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Alex K. Hall in camp at Milledgeville, Georgia, to his mother, Mary Ann, probably in Portland, Alabama.
- 1865 March 3
- During the Civil War, Hall served in the 2nd and 3rd Alabama Cavalry. In the letter he discusses troop movements (specifically mentioning the travels of his brother, Charlie); the conditions in Milledgeville ("rather an inferior city to be the...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Charles D. Hall in Montgomery, Alabama, to his aunt, Helen Kirtland, probably in Wallingford, Connecticut.
- 1865 March 19
- In the letter he sends news of his brother Herbert's death (from diphtheria), and he explains that he has been in the Confederate army for several months. At the end is a note to his cousin, Elizabeth, to whom this and other letters were to be...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Helen Kirtland in Wallingford, Connecticut, to her sister, Mary Ann Hall, probably in Portland, Alabama.
- 1865 April 10
- In the letter Helen discusses the death of Mary Ann's son, Herbert; unreliable mail delivery between the South and the North (referring to the "Flag of Truce" system developed by the United States Postal Service for delivering mail between the...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Alex K. Hall in camp at Augusta, Georgia, to his father, probably in Portland, Alabama.
- 1865 March 9
- During the Civil War, Hall served in the 2nd and 3rd Alabama Cavalry. In the letter he discusses troop movements; mutual acquaintances and relatives; his horse ("Pony, otherwise dubed [sic] Horse-Fly"); the weather and landscape near his camp; and...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Crenshaw Hall, probably to his father, Bolling, in Alabama.
- 1861-1865 circa
- During the Civil War, Crenshaw Hall served in the 6th Alabama Infantry, 2nd Battalion of Hilliard's Legion, and the 59th Alabama Infantry regiment. In the brief letter he mentions the prisoners that were taken in a recent fight, and he reports that...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from James A. Hall in Iuka, Mississippi, to his father, Bolling, in Alabama.
- 1861 September 26
- During the Civil War, James Hall served as a captain in Company K of the 24th Alabama Infantry regiment. In the letter he discusses upcoming troop movements and the new soldiers with whom he will probably be stationed: "It is probable that we will...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Bolling Hall, Jr., in camp three miles from the Cumberland Gap, to his sister, probably Mary Louisa, in Alabama.
- 1862 August 27
- From June 1862 to November 1863, Bolling Hall, Jr., was lieutenant colonel of the 2nd Battalion, Hilliard’s Legion.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Bolling Hall, Jr., at the Cumberland Gap, to his sister, probably Mary Louisa, in Alabama.
- 1862 September 29
- From June 1862 to November 1863, Bolling Hall, Jr., was lieutenant colonel of the 2nd Battalion, Hilliard’s Legion.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Crenshaw Hall in Knoxville, Tennessee, to his brother, Tom, probably in Montgomery.
- 1863 July 29
- During the Civil War, Crenshaw served in the 6th and 59th Alabama Infantry regiments, and Thomas served in Company K of the 24th Alabama Infantry regiment.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Bolling Hall in Montgomery, Alabama, to his son, Tom, probably at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.
- 1863 April 5
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Bolling Hall, Jr., at the Cumberland Gap, to his brother, Tom, probably at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.
- 1863 March 4
- From June 1862 to November 1863, Bolling Hall, Jr., was lieutenant colonel of the 2nd Battalion, Hilliard’s Legion.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Joseph M. Hernandez in St. Augustine, Florida, probably to Dr. Frederick Weedon.
- A transcript is included.
- 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., in Chattanooga, Tennessee, to his father in Alabama.
- 1862 July 23
- From June 1862 to November 1863, Bolling Hall, Jr., was lieutenant colonel of the 2nd Battalion, Hilliard's Legion. In the letter he discusses money he is sending home, and he asks his father to use it to pay for the uniforms recently purchased for...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Mary James Boykin, probably to Anna Maria Gayle Fry.
- Also included are historical and genealogical notes dealing with Portland, Alabama (in Dallas County), and the Boykin and Hall families. A partial transcript is included.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection