Letter from Bolling Hall, Jr., at the Cumberland Gap, to his father in Alabama.
From June 1862 to November 1863, Bolling Hall, Jr., was lieutenant colonel of the 2nd Battalion, Hilliard's Legion. In the letter he discusses money and paper he has sent home; possible complications with the promotion of his brother, James ("It however seems to me that Congress might find...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Summary: | From June 1862 to November 1863, Bolling Hall, Jr., was lieutenant colonel of the 2nd Battalion, Hilliard's Legion. In the letter he discusses money and paper he has sent home; possible complications with the promotion of his brother, James ("It however seems to me that Congress might find some means to prevent meritorious officers being kept down by the incompetency of their superior ones"); changes of command in his regiment; the possibility of his own promotion ("The position of Commandant of the Legion is a mere sinecure. I should prefer my present position by far"); upcoming campaigns; duties and conditions in camp; local Northern sympathizers ("We have been ordering some of the worst union people about here to leave. They were acting as spies all the time & would have been hung long ago if I had had my way"); and the arrival of Clement Vallandigham in the South ("He has certainly shown more true devotion to the spirit of liberty...The South should treat him with becoming respect & friendship"). He also predicts that "the war will necessarily be one of extermination before it closes." A transcription is included. |
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