Telegram from James A. Hall in Mobile, Alabama, to his father, Bolling, in Montgomery.
During the Civil War, James Hall served as a captain in Company K of the 24th Alabama Infantry regiment. In the message James announces a brief visit: "We leave for Montgomery this evening will stop there a few hours." It was sent through the Southern Telegraph Company, "The only dire...
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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/4936 |
Summary: | During the Civil War, James Hall served as a captain in Company K of the 24th Alabama Infantry regiment. In the message James announces a brief visit: "We leave for Montgomery this evening will stop there a few hours." It was sent through the Southern Telegraph Company, "The only direct Line to all Places of importance in the Confederacy, and connecting with every Line in North America." |
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