Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: William T. Presley of Company A of the 1st Alabama Cavalry wrote these two letters to his wife, Henrietta (Ward) Presley, in Prattville, Alabama. In the first letter, dated September 30, 1862 from camp direction Chattanooga, Presley mentions his wish for a new horse, saying, "oh how I do want a horse to ride and go straight to the regt. I think if I was at home that Brother Evan would let me have that Sorril Poney [sic] of his. She would make a far superior cavalry horse to what some of them...