Letter from Bolling Hall, Jr., in Richmond, Virginia, to his father in Alabama.
From November 1863 through the end of the Civil War, Bolling Hall, Jr., was colonel of the 59th Alabama Infantry regiment. In the letter, his and his brother Crenshaw's recuperation after they were wounded at the Battle of Drewery's Bluff on May 15. Though Bolling's leg had been amput...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Summary: | From November 1863 through the end of the Civil War, Bolling Hall, Jr., was colonel of the 59th Alabama Infantry regiment. In the letter, his and his brother Crenshaw's recuperation after they were wounded at the Battle of Drewery's Bluff on May 15. Though Bolling's leg had been amputated ("I have taken one short walk out of doors - It pains my leg a good to be on crutches"), both are improving and plan to journey home as soon as they railroads have been repaired. |
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