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Civil War Private Hancock Letters Reveal Water Woes and Frontline Skirmishes
Private William B. Hancock of the 3rd Tennessee Union Cavalry writes from Decatur Huntsville Courtland and Athens describing scout fighting leaving prisoners and water quality. He laments mail delays and home plans while detailing movements near Courtland and Florence and ends imprisoned at Cahaba after capture by Forrest.
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Bob’ Dunavant
Mr. Dunnavant
Tennessee Valley
States
William B. Hancock
3Rd
Tennessee(Union) Cavalry
Mooresville
Decatur
Hancock
Alabama
Wright
Huntsville
Courtland
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Sulphur Trestle
Limestone County
Cahaba
Alabama River