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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06269 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 |
| Title | Peter Moore to Charles Mettler discussing his time on a steamer, a smallpox epidemic among soldiers and his dedication to freeing the slaves |
| Date | 17 February 1863 |
| Author | Moore, Peter (fl. 1863) |
| Recipient | Mettler, Charles |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Moore, a Union soldier, informs his friend that he has been on the Steamer Sam Young Packet since 11 February, and that it is two miles from Vicksburg, Mississippi, on the Louisiana shore. Relates that he and others sent a decoy boat toward Vicksburg, and that "all the boys think it cost the rebs at least 500 dollars as the most of these shots was one hundred and sixty pounders." Discusses deaths caused by a smallpox epidemic among soldiers, citing that one boat has seven hundred cases. Mentions Philip, a mutual acquaintance still in LaGrange, Tennessee, where Moore has recently been stationed. Writes that he would like to visit friends, but will not soon be able to. Declares, "... I have seen Slavery in all its forms and I think I have seen the Evil of it and I wont stop till the Slaves are free or at least they will have to kill me then of course I will stop but not till then unless they come to terms... " |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Soldier's Letter Union Soldier's Letter Union Forces Confederate States of America Steamboat Artillery Smallpox Health and Medical Death African American History Slavery Abolition Epidemic |
| People | Moore, Peter (fl. 1863) Mettler, Charles (fl. 1863) |
| Place written | Louisiana |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Naval & Maritime; African Americans; Slavery & Abolition; Health & Medicine |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Lower Seaboard Theater and Gulf Approach |
| Civil War: Unit | US Steamer Sam Young Packet |