Letter from Bolling Hall, Jr., in Virginia, to his father in Alabama.
From May 1861 to early 1862 Bolling Hall, Jr., served in the 6th Alabama Infantry. In the letter he discusses recent picket duty near Union forces at Springfield ("we were in sight of the enemy's camp & our force being small if they only knew our position could easily whip us out"...
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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/4336 |
| Summary: | From May 1861 to early 1862 Bolling Hall, Jr., served in the 6th Alabama Infantry. In the letter he discusses recent picket duty near Union forces at Springfield ("we were in sight of the enemy's camp & our force being small if they only knew our position could easily whip us out") and current preparations to meet the enemy there. He also mentions that there is a "good deal of sickness" among the soldiers: "There is an average of a burial every-day for the last two weeks or more. Some days two or three die & scarcely ever a day passes without a death." A transcription is included. [This letter was originally sent with another written on September 16, 1861, which is available separately.] |
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