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Collection Reference Number GLC00653.01.25
From Archive Folder Collection of Henry S. Figures, F company, 4th regiment, Alabama, infantry 
Title Henry S. Figures to my dear parents about Yankees in Huntsville and refugees and negroes from Madison
Date 31 July 1863
Author Figures, Henry S. (fl. 1861-1864)  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description He was at Bunker Hill when he heard there were Yankees in Huntsville. Col. Sheffield got a letters saying there were refugees and negroes from Madison. They are now in Culpeper, VA.
Subjects Soldier's Letter  Civil War  Military History  Confederate Soldier's Letter  Confederate States of America  Infantry  Refugees  African American History  Contrabands  Slavery  Union Forces  
People Figures, Henry Stokes (fl. 1861-1864)  
Theme The American Civil War; African Americans
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 Father  Mother  
Civil War: Theater of War Main Eastern Theater  
Civil War: Unit 4th Regiment, Alabama, infantry, F company  
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