Box 446.001
Container
Contains 1 Collection or Record:
Correspondence, 1861
File — Box: 446.001, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains 52 letters written by Ambrose Doss of Jefferson County, Alabama to his wife, Sarah Brake Doss, and others while he was in Company C of the 19th Alabama Regiment from the time of his enlistment as a sergeant in 1861 until his death on 1864 July 5 near Kennesaw, Cobb County, Georgia. The letters provide details of camp life with all its shortages in arms, ammunition and food. There is also a letter from Lt. J. W. Rouse, dated 1864 July 6, to Sarah telling her of...
Dates:
1861 - 1986; Majority of material found within 1861 - 1864