Letter from Crenshaw Hall near Knoxville, Tennessee, to his father, Bolling, in Alabama.
From July 1862 to November 1863, Crenshaw Hall was adjutant of the 2nd Battalion, Hilliard's Legion. In the letter he discusses his sister's death and his deceased mother's influence on her children's spiritual lives: "We received your letter to day telling us of Sister'...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Summary: | From July 1862 to November 1863, Crenshaw Hall was adjutant of the 2nd Battalion, Hilliard's Legion. In the letter he discusses his sister's death and his deceased mother's influence on her children's spiritual lives: "We received your letter to day telling us of Sister's death. We had been expecting to hear it any day but when your letter told us that poor Sis was actually gone...I believe I could not feel more sorrow if I had not been warned she had to leave us soon. - like yourself Father I have the consolation of believing she is now where she suffers none...When Mother died I was sure she was a christian I don't believe she had could have been such a mother without every good quality that mortal can possess and Sis I have reason to hope was the same. I know she had noble qualities and christian qualities as I conceive them I feel my dear Father that this is a subject upon which I have no claim to say much. But although I am not what I ought to be and should have been had I followed Mothers [sic] teaching and example thank God it was not all lost I know that I have respect for religion and shall always respect it as long as I can remember that mother taught me to respect it and that Sis died a christian." He also discusses the army's preparations for battle, and he stresses his commitment to the Confederacy: "I believe we are actuated in this war by the purest motives - patriotism if there be such a thing. How it will finally be ended God only knows but I believe I am willing to do my part whatever it be in achieving our independence." A transcription is included. |
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