Moore, John, 1826-1907 to Mary Moore Kelly

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GLC04195.19
GLC#
GLC04195.19-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
14 August 1863
Author/Creator
Moore, John, 1826-1907
Title
to Mary Moore Kelly
Place Written
Vicksburg, Mississippi
Pagination
4 p. : Height: 20.2 cm, Width: 25.1 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Many men are sick due to the poor climate, and he has sent many of the ill to northern hospitals. Local women have come into camp to ask for food. A Black man tells him about the marriage of their brother Robert, who had been there in Vicksburg two months previously. Robert served as a surgeon in the Confederate Army.

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