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

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During the Civil War, James Hall served as a captain in Company K of the 24th Alabama Infantry regiment. In the letter he discusses his grandfather's death (Abner Crenshaw); recent troop movements; weather and conditions in camp; sickness among the soldiers, including several cases of varioloid ("I do not fear it myself, as my vaccination took exceedingly well"); news and rumors from the front; and his desire to have a servant . His father has "determined to put Ben in the field on account of some misdemeanor", so James asks that he be allowed to hire the slave instead: "An Officer in the army without a servant is placed in a very awkward position. I am now literally minus a servant and have been for some time trying to get one but cannot. Of course Ben...could not do all that would be required of a man but I could get along very well with, him and I believe I would as lief have him almost. Of course I wish to pay good hire for him as I am on my own expenses now you know. I do not think there will be any danger of losing him...Please let me know as soon as you receive this if you can let me have him. I would take any boy of his size, who was bright enough to learn. There would be less danger of lossing [sic] a young negro and he would not be so apt to suffer from sickness." A...
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1863 May 29 1863 05 29
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Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Alabama
  3. Campaigns
  4. Civil War
  5. Civil War, 1861 1865
  6. Confederate
  7. Confederate States Of America
  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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