Letter from Hubert Dent in camp near Shelbyville, Tennessee, to his wife, Anna ("Nannie").

Letter from Hubert Dent in camp near Shelbyville, Tennessee, to his wife, Anna ("Nannie").

At the start of the Civil War, Dent was a 1st lieutenant of the Eufaula Rifles, which became Company B of the 1st Alabama Infantry; he was eventually promoted to captain and commanded Dent's Battery (formerly Robertson's Battery). Dent wrote this letter on the "day appointed by the Pr...

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Letter from Hubert Dent in camp near Shelbyville, Tennessee, to his wife, Anna ("Nannie").
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Dent, Anna Beall Young; Dent, Stouten Hubert, 1833-1917; Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Alabama; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Equipment and supplies; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Health aspects; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military life; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Religious aspects; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects
description At the start of the Civil War, Dent was a 1st lieutenant of the Eufaula Rifles, which became Company B of the 1st Alabama Infantry; he was eventually promoted to captain and commanded Dent's Battery (formerly Robertson's Battery). Dent wrote this letter on the "day appointed by the President as a day of fasting humiliation and prayer." In it he discusses family members and mutual acquaintances; the arrival of a soldier who had been in a Yankee prison ("He says he met a great many persons in Ohio who sympathized with the South but in Baltimore nearly every one sympathized with us"); troop movements and battles; the lack of adequate provisions for the soldiers ("I do hope that our people at home will raise all the bread-stuff they can and every thing that will do for men to live on - It will all be needed"); the death of his wife's brother, Henry; and the church service he has just attended. He also mentions conflicting reports of the battle at Murfreesboro and the treatment of the citizens there: "The enemy acknowledged that they were whipped at Murfreesboro...He gives horrid accounts of the manner in which they treated our people...They turned women and children out of their houses in that cold January weather and robbed the farmers of nearly every thing they had to eat taking also their horses mules and cattle." Dent also predicts difficulties at Vicksburg, Mississippi: "The Yankees are working so very silently and persistently at Vicksburg that I have some fears of what they may accomplish there." A transcription is included.
spelling Q0000027612 - Q0000027615Q27612 - Q27615Letter from Hubert Dent in camp near Shelbyville, Tennessee, to his wife, Anna ("Nannie").At the start of the Civil War, Dent was a 1st lieutenant of the Eufaula Rifles, which became Company B of the 1st Alabama Infantry; he was eventually promoted to captain and commanded Dent's Battery (formerly Robertson's Battery). Dent wrote this letter on the "day appointed by the President as a day of fasting humiliation and prayer." In it he discusses family members and mutual acquaintances; the arrival of a soldier who had been in a Yankee prison ("He says he met a great many persons in Ohio who sympathized with the South but in Baltimore nearly every one sympathized with us"); troop movements and battles; the lack of adequate provisions for the soldiers ("I do hope that our people at home will raise all the bread-stuff they can and every thing that will do for men to live on - It will all be needed"); the death of his wife's brother, Henry; and the church service he has just attended. He also mentions conflicting reports of the battle at Murfreesboro and the treatment of the citizens there: "The enemy acknowledged that they were whipped at Murfreesboro...He gives horrid accounts of the manner in which they treated our people...They turned women and children out of their houses in that cold January weather and robbed the farmers of nearly every thing they had to eat taking also their horses mules and cattle." Dent also predicts difficulties at Vicksburg, Mississippi: "The Yankees are working so very silently and persistently at Vicksburg that I have some fears of what they may accomplish there." A transcription is included.1863 March 271863-03-271860-1869Dent, Anna Beall Young; Dent, Stouten Hubert, 1833-1917; Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Alabama; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Equipment and supplies; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Health aspects; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military life; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Religious aspects; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspectsTextCorrespondenceDent, Stouten HubertStouten Hubert Dent papersLPR288v34916Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130EnglishThis material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though ADAH has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections.600 PPI TIFFhttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/3965
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