Letter from Crenshaw Hall at Fairfax Station in Virginia, to his father, Bolling, in Alabama.
From May 1861 to May 1862 Crenshaw Hall served in the 6th Alabama Infantry. In the letter he discusses recent troop movements; his first night on picket duty; rumors about campaigns and military activity; the relative peace in the area; sickness (mostly measles) among the soldiers; and poor medical...
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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/4322 |