Creator	Long Family
Title	Long Family Letter
Description	Private Long was a member of the 51st Alabama Cavalry Regiment, a regiment organized at Oxford on August 11, 1862, with men from Calhoun, Dallas, Mobile, Montgomery, Perry, Pike, Saint Clair, Talladega, and Tuscaloosa counties. Ordered to Tennessee, the regiment was under the command of General Nathan Bedford Forrest. The regiment laid down its arms at Durham Station near Raleigh, North Carolina, on April 26, 1865. The collection contains a small envelope addressed to Mrs. N.W.E. Long at Perote, Pike [Bullock] County, Alabama, from Private Long, Co. 'B' 51st Ala., and a letter from Mrs. M. A. Jackson to her sister, Mrs. M. J. Long, dated May 16, 1862. The letter consists of questions inquiring about family members, such as their health and whereabouts.
Date	1862-05-16
Time Period	1862-05-16
LC Subject Headings	Long Family--History Confederate States of America. Army. Alabama Cavalry, 51st United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives--Confederate side Alabama--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives
EOA Categories	Government & Politics -- Military Peoples -- Military Life Peoples -- Domestic Life History -- 1838-1874: Sectionalism, the Civil War, and Reconstruction
Type	Text
Format	PDF
Record Group	RG 1001
File Name	1001-06-0032mc.pdf
Link to catalog	http://aubiecat.auburn.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=2502133
Repository	Auburn University. Special Collections and Archives
Digital Publisher	Auburn University Libraries
Language	eng
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Submitted by	Coates, Midge