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- GLC#
- GLC04195.15-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 12 July 1863
- Author/Creator
- Moore, John, 1826-1907
- Title
- to Mary Moore Kelly
- Place Written
- Vicksburg, Mississippi
- Pagination
- 4 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 19.9 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
He describes working with 30,000 prisoners to process their paroles. He praises General Meade particularly for the defeat of Lee, stating "I consider Meade one of the best soldiers in the Army of the Potomac." Also observes that despite "That charming attachment between master and slave, so often spoken of by advocates of the institution[, a]ll gentlemen and ladies of African descent, on the day following our entry into the city either left their overseers or stipulated for fixed wages."
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