Diary kept by Elbert Decatur Willett while serving in the Pickens Planters, Company B of the 40th Alabama Infantry, during the Civil War.
In the diary Willett discusses enlistment; camp life; the procurement of equipment and supplies; the health, background, and fate of the men in his company; his participation in a court martial committee; and troop movements and campaigns (including battles at Vicksburg, Lookout Mountain, and Missio...
| 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/3882 |