McAlister Story

As the War turned against the Confederacy there was much concern over the safety of Mobile harbor as well as General Sherman's campaign southward.

Letter from F.S. Blount in Mobile, Alabama, to Governor Thomas H. Watts in Montgomery, Alabama

In this letter from Col. Blount beseeching aid from the Mississippi Governor on behalf of the Alabama Govenor we get a sense of the desperation on the part of Confederate forces and yet there continued unwilligness to engage in large scale impressment due to the economic and political/social repercussions.