These letters have been typed out letter for letter and word for word so that they can be read easier.
The original letters are in very rough condition and are difficult to read, some are torn and missing parts, others are stuck together and are impossible to seperate. The letters on this page are the only best ones of the group and I want to thank David and Mary Ellen Barth for typing them out for preservation and sharing them with me so that I could share them with you. I realize that the integrity of these letters has been compromised to a degree, but we do have the originals and know for a fact that they are exact copies. Our ancestors suffered through some very hard times during this period of our American history. These letters will give you a sense of the seriousness of the hardships our ancestors endured during this terrible time! I hope that you get a true understanding from them, as I have. The first set of letters are in gif format, the rest are provided by TRAVIS HARDIN and are also available at TRAVIS HARDIN'S GENEALOGY AND DOWN HOME PAGE!
The following letters and links are from and provided by TRAVIS HARDIN'S GENEALOGY AND DOWN HOME PAGE! I want to thank Travis for letting me add them to my collection. Many of these are duplicates of the previous letters, but I had already scanned them and posted them here when I came across Travis' collection and aquired his permission to place his pages here also. I just wanted to provide them ALL to you for your reading pleasure. I hope you find them as interesting as I do, ENJOY!!!
MORE MILTON A. HARDIN LETTERS
LETTERS FROM A CONFEDERATE
SOLDIER
TO HIS FAMILY
June 20, 1862 to May 5, 1863
Edited by
Frank Ross Stewart, Centre, Alabama
1956
The Stewart material does not seem to be copyrighted.
Notes
Tennessee Letters (This Page)
June 20, 1862, Chattanooga, Tennessee
July 13, 1862, Grainger County, Tennessee
July 13, 1862, Grainger County, Tennessee from Rob Sloan
July 27, 1862, Clinch County, Tennessee
Aug. 20, 1862, Claiborne County, Tennessee
Aug. 24, 1862, Claiborne County, Tennessee
August 25, 1862, Cumberland Gap, Camp Hornet's Nest, Tennessee
November 3, 1862, Manchester, TennesseeJan. 7, 1863, Camp near Vicksburg, Mississippi
Jan. 28, 1863, near Vicksburg
Feb. 16, 1863, Mississippi camp near Vicksburg
Feb. 19, 1863, Camp near Vicksburg, Mississippi from F. Minton
Feb. 25, 1863, Camp near Vicksburg, Mississippi
March 15, 1863, Mississippi camp near Vicksburg
April 19, 1863, Camp near Vicksburg, Miss., from Rob Sloan
April 20, 1863, Camp near Vicksburg, Miss.
May 5, 1863, Camp in the Old Field
July 2, 1864, from Mahalia Sloan
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Privates of Co, B. 31st Alabama Infantry, transcribed by Stewart [Some sources on the Web call this one Company "C".] J. A. Arrington |
Avery Hardin |
Milton Avery Hardin,by Stewart Milton Avery Hardin was born in 1842 in Cherokee County, the son of Asa and Annis (Holmes) Hardin, both natives of the state of South Carolina. Asa Hardin was born in 1814 at Charleston. [More likely Anderson County, SC] He moved to Cherokee County, near Bluffton, about 1836. His wife, Annis Holmes, was born in 1813, daughter of [John Vernon Holmes] and [Annis Stent] Holms. She died in 1899 and is buried at Salem Cemetery by the side of her husband who died in 1887. Asa and Annis (Holmes) Hardin had: Mahala, born 1837, who married Robert E. Sloan, son of Shumate and Betsy Woolf Sloan; Mary; Milton, of this sketch; Eli H., born July 29, 1845, who married on Oct. 15, 1865, Auriana Elizabeth King, who was born July 15, 1848 at Forrester, Tuscaloosa County, Ala.; and Vernon, born 1849, who married Mattie Ferguson, daughter of Equilla and Margaret Ferguson. Milton Avery Hardin enlisted in Company B, 31st Alabama Infantry. Officers of this company were: Capt. Marshall J. Alexander (later John J. Nix and J. T. McClanahan); First Lieutenant A.M. Patterson; Second John Billingsley and T.P. McElrath; Third Lieutenant Weldon Hughes, J.P. Davis, R. F. Nix; Non-commissioned officers, Jinks Swords, _____ Anderson, W. M. Meeks, G. B. Carnes, D.A. Elrod, Wm. Minton, Berry Hawkins, A.F. Means, A.C. Hester, Jas. Minton, T.W. Scroggins, T.M. Lumsden. |
MILTON A. HARDIN LETTERS
LETTERS FROM A CONFEDERATE
SOLDIER
TO HIS FAMILY
June 20, 1862 to May 5, 1863
Edited by
Frank Ross Stewart, Centre, Alabama
1956
PAGE 2 - THE VICKSBURG LETTERS
Jan. 7, 1863, Camp near Vicksburg, Mississippi
Jan. 28, 1863, near Vicksburg
Feb. 16, 1863, Mississippi camp near Vicksburg
Feb. 19, 1863, Camp near Vicksburg, Mississippi from F. Minton
Feb. 25, 1863, Camp near Vicksburg, Mississippi
March 15, 1863, Mississippi camp near Vicksburg
April 19, 1863, Camp near Vicksburg, Miss., from Rob Sloan
April 20, 1863, Camp near Vicksburg, Miss.
May 5, 1863, Camp in the Old Field
July 2, 1864, from Mahalia Sloan