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 |
| Summary: | 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 Missionary Ridge). Particularly valuable are his lists of the company's personnel, which give information about the men's physical characteristics, enlistment, residences, and (when applicable) deaths. |
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