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Letter from Constantine Badger to Timothy C. Moore, who had been a colonel in the 34th New Jersey Volunteer Regiment.

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@ Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130

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During the Civil War, Badger enlisted as a nurse in the 6th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment, and he later became an assistant surgeon in Company D of the 34th New Jersey Volunteer Regiment. After the war, the 34th New Jersey Regiment served with other occupation troops in Alabama until April of 1866. When the regiment returned to New Jersey, Badger stayed behind in Cowles Station in Macon County. In this letter, he writes of economic conditions in the state, including the role of freedmen and the future of the cotton business.
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1866 July 12 1866 07 12
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Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130

Keywords

  1. Alabama
  2. Badger, Constantine C
  3. Cotton Trade
  4. Freedmen
  5. Moore, Timothy C
  6. Reconstruction (U.S. History, 1865 1877)

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