Guide to the Thomas B. Hall Letter MSS.1952
Hall, Thomas B.
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
2007
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
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English
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Thomas B. Hall Letter
- Unit ID:
MSS.1952
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet (1 letter, 1 transcript, 4 pages)
- Dates:
1861 September 18
- Abstract:
A letter from Hall to his cousin Mary, written from Camp Beauregard in Alabama, discussing drills and camp life as well as describing his manservant, "Jackie," as one of the cleverest fellows he ever knew.
Scope and Contents note
This collection contains two items, a letter from Thomas B. Hall to his "Cousin Mary" and a typewritten transcript of the letter. Hall writes from Camp Beauregard in Alabama, describing his manservant, "Jackie," as one of the cleverest fellows he ever knew. He also discusses drills and camp life; he says the only thing he doesn't like is that he "can't go see the fairer sex."
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Faith White and Donnelly Lancaster Walton, 2007
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation
Thomas B. Hall Letter, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
gift of Wade Hall, 2005
Biographical/Historical note
Thomas Brown Hall was born in Montgomery, Alabama, on November 12, 1845. He joined the Confederate Army in 1861 and was a member of the 24th Alabama Regiment, Company K. He was killed at the Battle of Chickamauga on September 24, 1863.
Letter Box SC0001 Folder 1952.1
Letter from Thomas B. Hall, Camp Beauregard, Alabama, to cousin Mary, [presumably in Mobile, Alabama], September 17, 1861 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/22225
Letter from Thomas B. Hall, Union City, Tennessee, to cousin Mary, [presumably in Mobile, Alabama], September 28, 1861 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/22226