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.
Jeremiah Tate of Pickensville, Alabama worked as a grocer prior to his enlistment in Company H of the 5th Alabama infantry. He served under Stonewall Jackson in Shenandoah and fought battles in Seven Pines, Fredericksburg, and Gettysburg. For a short period in 1864, he was a hospital nurse in Mt. Jackson which brought an additional seven dollars to his monthly pay. Having survived four years of service, he returned home in 1866 and married a young widow, Martha Ann Taylor Speed.
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