Transcription of a letter from Jake Weil in Montgomery, Alabama, to his brother Josiah Weil in Munich, Germany.
In the letter, Jake writes about his commission as a lieutenant in the Confederate States Army Home Guard, he discusses the inauguration of Jefferson Davis as president of the Confederate States of America; slavery; the causes of the Civil War; and the attitudes of friends and family members toward...
| Format: | Electronic |
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/27257 |