Letter from John E. Hall at Sangster's Crossroads in Virginia, to his father, Bolling, in Alabama.
From May 1861 to June 1862 John Hall served in the 6th Alabama Infantry. In the letter he discusses recent picket duty near Union forces at Springfield, mentioning a special scouting mission, a skirmish with the enemy, and new Confederate fortifications put up nearby ("The place looks almost 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/4340 |