Letter from Alex K. Hall in camp at Augusta, Georgia, to his father, probably in Portland, Alabama.
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 work on the local railroad ("I hope i...
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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/4300 |