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Pam --

Captain English's company was one of a small number of 2nd Class Militia companies. Company members were involved in this last-ditch skirmish or action near Claiborne AL.

If you read the letters written by "home guard" officers at the ADAH, it's clear they had few arms, little ammunition and no training or equipment for combat conditions. In Alabama the main duty of 1st Class Militia was to preserve law and order. Considering conditions, this was no small task all by itself.

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