Letter from Francis McDade Danielly at the 2nd Alabama Hospital in Richmond, Virginia, to his family in Louina, Alabama.
During the Civil War, Danielly was a member of the 14th Alabama Infantry, Company K. In this letter he writes that he has "been sick about 3 weeks with chronick diarhaea" but is recovering at the hospital. He also reports the death and injury of several members of the company, including Ja...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Summary: | During the Civil War, Danielly was a member of the 14th Alabama Infantry, Company K. In this letter he writes that he has "been sick about 3 weeks with chronick diarhaea" but is recovering at the hospital. He also reports the death and injury of several members of the company, including James L. Giles ("shot through the thigh & across the left Breast but no bone broke"), B. H. Steadham ("shot through the calf of both legs") and George W. Key ("is dead his foot was shot off"). [Original spelling retained, though the date has been corrected: the letter is misdated August 13, 1861.] |
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