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Tate, Jeremiah M., fl. 1829-1877 Collection of Jeremiah M. Tate, H company, 5th regiment, Alabama, infantry [decimalized .01-.63]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02082 Author/Creator: Tate, Jeremiah M., fl. 1829-1877 Place Written: Various Places Type: Header Record Date: 12 May 1861-1865 Pagination: 63 items Order a Copy

Private Tate served for a time with Stonewall Jackson in the Shenandoah; he appears to have come from Pickensville, Alabama. Tate's letters, written to his mother and sister Mary Jane at Jenna Point (Tuscaloosa County, Alabama), concern First Bull Run, Peninsula Campaign, Seven Pines, Antietam, Stonewall Jackson, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg (letter #34 dated near Carlisle), and Petersburg. A number of letters concern fraternizing with Yanks and songs he sings. The collection has been itemized on inventory. His first name "Jeremiah" per coded name in letter #31. Some itemized letters are actually continuations and are noted as such. Many of the original envelopes were turned inside-out and re-used.

Tate, Jeremiah M., fl. 1829-1877

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