rss rss feed

CHOCTAW, Alabama in the 1860s: 1 through 1 of 1

Sort By:Chronology | Recently Written or Edited
  1. Matt Turner Writes Home From Shelbysville
    date April 12, 1863map CHOCTAW, Alabamatags Civil War, Medicine/Health

    Writing home to his mother on April 12, 1863, Assistant Surgeon to the 22nd regiment of Alabama Infantry, Matt Turner captured the sentiments of many others in the Confederate Army as he spoke of wishing to return to his home.  Turner wrote his letter from a “camp near Shelbysville Tennessee,” where he was “alone except the agreeable company of the lame, the halt and the blind who all look eagerly...