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Box 189

 Container

Contains 1 Collection or Record:

Diary, 1862 - 1862

 File — Box: 189, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents note From the Collection: The collection contains diaries of an Alabama lawyer, planter, and legislator from Athens, Limestone County, Alabama. Included is a three-month diary from 1862, when Hobbs was Captain of Co. F., Ninth Alabama Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. The diaries also cover his time as a legislator representing Limestone County, Alabama; his support for the railroads; and his work on the family plantation.
Dates: 1862 - 1862