Letter from John Thomas Pearson in the 46th Alabama Infantry Camp near Dalton, Georgia, to his sister, Elizabeth Pearson Danielly, in Louina, Alabama.
During the Civil War, Pearson was a member of the 46th Alabama Volunteer Infantry, Company K. In this letter he discusses the rate of reenlistments and furloughs in his company: "20 of our Co. has re-enlisted during the war. I believe it has become a unanimous thing through our this entire army...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Summary: | During the Civil War, Pearson was a member of the 46th Alabama Volunteer Infantry, Company K. In this letter he discusses the rate of reenlistments and furloughs in his company: "20 of our Co. has re-enlisted during the war. I believe it has become a unanimous thing through our this entire army." Although he reports that the rate of reenlistment is high, he adds that a ten-day furlough and an enlistment bonus will not be enough to entice some men to reenlist: "The chance of a ten days furlough is not much inducement to rashionable persons when they are due us 60 days annually and we don't get any indulgence whatever." [Original spelling retained.] |
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