Creator	Presley, William T., 1835-
Title	William T. Presley Papers
Description	William T. Presley was born in South Carolina in 1835. He was a resident of Robinson Springs, Autauga County, Alabama prior to the American Civil War and was listed as a farmer in the 1860 national census. He and his wife, Henryetta (maiden name may have been Ward), had four children, named Augustus, George, Columbus and Antonette. In the fall of 1861, he enlisted in a local cavalry unit which was later organized on November 12, 1861 as Company A of the 1st Alabama Cavalry Regiment. His war record was not evident in any of the correspondence or in the regimental history. He survived the war and relocated his family to Cherokee County, Georgia. Consists of three letters written by William T. Presley to his wife Henryetta from October of 1862 to June of 1863. Includes information on the condition of Confederate hospitals in Atlanta, health conditions of friends and family in his regiment and others, and camp life while in Tullahoma and Middleton, Tennessee.
Date	1862-1863
Time Period	1862-1863
LC Subject Headings	Presley, William T., 1835- Presley, Henryetta Ward Confederate States of America. Army. Alabama Cavalry Regiment, 1st Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Correspondence United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate Tennessee--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Robinson Springs (Autauga County, Ala.)
EOA Categories	Government & Politics -- Military Peoples -- Military Life History -- 1838-1874: Sectionalism, the Civil War, and Reconstruction
Type	Text
Format	PDF
Record Group	RG 0799
File Name	0799-03-0055mc.pdf
Link to catalog	http://aubiecat.auburn.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=2120697
Repository	Auburn University. Special Collections and Archives
Digital Publisher	Auburn University Libraries
Language	eng
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Submitted by	Coates, Midge