Letter from James A. Hall "in the Field" near Chattanooga, Tennessee, to his father, Bolling, in Alabama.
During the Civil War, James Hall served as a captain in Company K of the 24th Alabama Infantry regiment. In the letter he discusses duties, conditions, and weather in camp; local fighting with Union forces ("I do not think that our fire will be directed at the forts as tis not supposed that we...
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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/4775 |