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Letter from James A. Hall in camp near Chattanooga, Tennessee, to his father, Bolling, in Alabama.

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

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During the Civil War, James Hall served as a captain in Company K of the 24th Alabama Infantry regiment. In this letter he thanks his father for sending a slave to be his servant in camp: "Ben seemed much surprised to find camp life so easy. He is the very boy that I wanted. He seems well pleased. I did not expect you to send me one of your negroes, and assure you I appreciate your kindness in doing so. You did not say anything to Tom relative to Ben's hire. Please write me exactly what we are to pay for him, because...my mess is to help pay his hire and they of course would like to know and I would like to have everything arranged rightly." He also discusses financial matters (both his personal debts and money the company owes to the Autauga aid society for uniforms), and he asks his father to send some tents that one of his brothers left at home: "...the tent I have is not large enough for 4 of us. Tom Hines & Ben will make 7 and...some of us will have to take rain for there is no chance to get any sort of tent or fly here." A transcription is included.
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1863 August 5 1863 08 05
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Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Alabama
  3. Civil War
  4. Civil War, 1861 1865
  5. Confederate
  6. Confederate States Of America
  7. Economic Aspects
  8. Equipment And Supplies
  9. Hall, Bolling, 1813 1897
  10. Hall, James A. (James Abercrombie), 1840 1868
  11. Health Aspects
  12. History
  13. Military Life
  14. Military Personnel
  15. Slaver
  16. Slavery
  17. Social Aspects
  18. Soldiers
  19. United States

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