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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC00653.01.05 |
From Archive Folder | Collection of Henry S. Figures, F company, 4th regiment, Alabama, infantry |
Title | Henry S Figures to his Ma |
Date | 24 June 1861 |
Author | Figures, Henry S. (fl. 1861-1864) |
Document Type | Correspondence |
Content Description | Describes his accommodation and gives his reasons for fighting in the war. |
Subjects | Soldier's Letter Civil War Military History Confederate Soldier's Letter Confederate States of America Infantry Patriotism Soldier's Pay Women's History |
People | Figures, Henry Stokes (fl. 1861-1864) |
Place written | Yorktown, Virginia |
Theme | The American Civil War; Women in American History |
Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
Additional Information | Figures was a member of Law's Brigade, Longstreet Division, of the 4th Alabama Infantry. Letters mention prisoners from the "Star of the West," the Battles of Manassas, Yorktown, Fredericksburg and Gettysburg, slaves, etc. Figures was killed at Battle of the Wilderness on 4 May 1864. Two of the letters (10 April 1861 and 25 April 1861) are on "Confederate States of America, War Department" stationery. |
Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
Civil War: Recipient Relationship | Mother |
Civil War: Theater of War | Main Eastern Theater |
Civil War: Unit | 4th Regiment, Alabama, infantry, F company |