Letter from Bolling Hall, Jr., in Union Mills, 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 mentions recent fighting, including battles at Belmont, Kentucky, and Port Royal, South Carolina: "Some of the men are rather discouraged by our losses at Port Royale [sic] but certainly I never...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Summary: | From May 1861 to early 1862 Bolling Hall, Jr., served in the 6th Alabama Infantry. In the letter he mentions recent fighting, including battles at Belmont, Kentucky, and Port Royal, South Carolina: "Some of the men are rather discouraged by our losses at Port Royale [sic] but certainly I never anticipated anything else for it seemed to me that if such a powerful armada with such a length of coast to choose from could not find a point weak enough to effect a safe landing the northern government must indeed be imbecile." He also discusses the books he plans to read (General William Hardee's RIFLE AND LIGHT INFANTRY TACTICS and William Blackstone's works on law); troop movements and preparations for upcoming campaigns; mutual acquaintances who are ill; the log cabins that are being constructed for the soldiers' winter encampment; and clothing he has recently received. A transcription is included. |
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