July 26 1862: Brief but Deadly Fight at Spangler’s Mill Near Jonesboro

In March 1862 Samuel Tarrant raised the Jonesboro Guards that mustered at Shelby Springs as Company H of the 28th Alabama Infantry Regiment.

Checking the actual record on this revealed the following:

Woodville Alabama

The Woodville Alabama surrounding area was the site of considerable guerrilla warfare during the American Civil War.

THREE YEARS IN THE CONFEDERATE SERVICE: Chapter III

The photograph is of Camp Butler in August 1861. The original is in the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.

The feeling between the prisoners and guards was not very friendly, and the former delighted in keeping the latter in fear of an outbreak.

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