Letter from Thomas B. Hall in Saltillo, Mississippi, to his father, Bolling, in Alabama.
During the Civil War, Thomas Hall served in Company K of the 24th Alabama Infantry regiment. In the letter he discusses recent changes in command; and possible appointments for men in his regiment and for his brothers elsewhere in the army; upcoming troop movements; conditions in camp ("We have...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Summary: | During the Civil War, Thomas Hall served in Company K of the 24th Alabama Infantry regiment. In the letter he discusses recent changes in command; and possible appointments for men in his regiment and for his brothers elsewhere in the army; upcoming troop movements; conditions in camp ("We have a very good place to remain at for a short time at least. There is just as good water here as I ever drank in my life"); and the low price of cotton reported in Alabama ("The people must begin to think France is going to raise the Blockade"). He also asks for news about the companies from Autauga County, Alabama, which had recently participated in fighting in Virginia (possibly the Seven Days Battles): "We cannot hear from the fight at Richmond. When the next one writes from home tell them to tell us who of our acquaintances were killed or wounded. We cannot hear anything but that the Alabama Reg'ts were literally torn to pieces, I don't know how it came but we have it that the Autauga Rifles came out with only 12 living men. The rest all killed." A transcription is included. |
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