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[Letter from Charles Moore, March 1, 1864]

Description: Letter from Charles Moore to an unidentified person discussing family matters and news. He also writes about the exemptions a person could have to get out of compulsory military service in the south: owning 600 cattle, owning 20 slaves, or being in the ministry. He mentions a Unionist friend who escaped service via the latter. He states that 42 men have been hanged for their Union sympathies.
Date: March 1, 1864
Creator: Moore, Charles B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Charles Moore to Josephus Moore, March 1864]

Description: Letter from Charles Moore to Josephus Moore, in which Charles copies and forwards a letter by E. D. Rushing. Rushing wrote about the whereabouts of Charles' brother and sister, Henry and Sabina, and of the violence in Izard County, Arkansas. Rushing reports that his two eldest daughters and their husbands are dead. He then describes how Union sympathizers are seeking a new constitution in Arkansas. Rushing concludes with his ideas about the Civil War being a race war and that non-white races mu… more
Date: March 1864
Creator: Moore, Charles B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Transcript of letter from Charles Moore to an unknown person, March 1, 1864]

Description: Transcript of a letter from Charles Moore to an unknown person. Charles discusses family matters and news. He also writes about the exemptions a person could have to get out of compulsory military service in the south: owning 600 cattle, owning 20 slaves, or being in the ministry. He mentions a Unionist friend who escaped service via the latter. He states that 42 men have been hanged for their Union sympathies.
Date: March 1, 1864
Creator: Moore, Charles B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Transcript of letter from Charles Moore to Josephus Moore, March 1864]

Description: Transcript of letter from Charles Moore to Josephus Moore, in which Charles copies and forwards a letter by E. D. Rushing. Rushing wrote about the whereabouts of Charles' brother and sister, Henry and Sabina, and of the violence in Izard County, Arkansas. Rushing reports that his two eldest daughters and their husbands are dead. He then describes how Union sympathizers are seeking a new constitution in Arkansas. Rushing concludes with his ideas about the Civil War being a race war and that non-… more
Date: March 1864
Creator: Moore, Charles B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Bradley - March 2, 1864]

Description: Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Bradley, dated March 2, 1864 and sent from a camp near Caney Creek, in which he writes about having received her letters, and asking her to tell him about it if she is sick.
Date: March 2, 1864
Creator: Bradley, L. D.
Partner: Pearce Museum at Navarro College

[Letter from Joseph A. Carroll to Celia Carroll, March 3, 1864]

Description: Letter from Joseph A. Carroll to Celia Carroll discussing the money he has been offered to buy an animal of his. He asks Celia to ask Mr. Murphy if selling the animal is agreeable to him.
Date: March 3, 1864
Creator: Carroll, Joseph A.
Partner: Private Collection of Jim McDermott

[Letter from Charles Moore to Josephus Moore and family, March 6, 1864]

Description: Letter from Charles Moore to Josephus Moore and family, discussing local and family news. There has been a rash of horse thieving in the area. A Union deserter, Captain Mortimer Scott, is among the twelve men captured.
Date: March 6, 1864
Creator: Moore, Charles B., 1822-1901
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Bradley - March 9, 1864]

Description: Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Bradley, dated March 9, 1864 and sent from a camp near Caney Creek, in which he writes about the Yankees leaving the peninsula and mentions a shortage of food in his company.
Date: March 9, 1864
Creator: Bradley, L. D.
Partner: Pearce Museum at Navarro College

[Letter from R. H. Buxley to Fred A. Rice - March 10, 1864]

Description: Letter from R. H. Buxley to Fred A. Rice discussing Fred's resignation as Quarter Master of the Labor Bureau of the Confederacy. He asks if he could get Fred's endorsement to succeed him in that position, and for that endorsement to be specifically given to Col. Andrews.
Date: March 10, 1864
Creator: Buxley, R. H.
Partner: Rice University Woodson Research Center

[Transcript of Letter from R. H. Buxley to Fred A. Rice - March 10, 1864]

Description: Transcript of Letter from R. H. Buxley to Fred A. Rice discussing Fred's resignation as Quarter Master of the Labor Bureau of the Confederacy. He asks if he could get Fred's endorsement to succeed him in that position, and for that endorsement to be specifically given to Col. Andrews.
Date: March 10, 1864
Partner: Rice University Woodson Research Center

[Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Bradley - March 12, 1864]

Description: Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Bradley, dated March 12, 1864 and sent from a camp on Cedar Bayou, in which he writes about rumors of where his company will move next, and discusses some matters related to money. Minnie wrote below the end of the letter: "My own Darling heart. My dear precious husband."
Date: March 12, 1864
Creator: Bradley, L. D.
Partner: Pearce Museum at Navarro College

[Letter from Charles Moore to Josephus Moore, March 13, 1864]

Description: Letter from Charles Moore to Josephus Moore, in which Charles has copied and forwarded a message from Captain C. C. Allen regarding the pervasive thievery in Izard County, Arkansas, and that Moore would do well not to return. He also discusses some local news, including further arrests of a gang of horse thieves.
Date: March 13, 1864
Creator: Moore, Charles B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Transcript of letter from Charles Moore to Josephus Moore, March 13, 1864]

Description: Transcript of letter from Charles Moore to Josephus Moore, in which Charles has copied and forwarded a message from Captain C. C. Allen regarding the pervasive thievery in Izard County, Arkansas, and that Moore would do well not to return. He also discusses some local news, including further arrests of a gang of horse thieves.
Date: March 13, 1864
Creator: Moore, Charles B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Vanburen W. Sargent to Mr. and Mrs. Sargent, March 7, 1864]

Description: Letter from Vanburen W. Sargent, to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sargent discussing his company's month long expedition across the Confederacy before heading back to a camp in Tennessee near Vicksburg. He briefly mentions his journey to Meridian, Mississippi where he and his company tore up all the railroads for 10 miles and burnt all the train cars and locomotives.
Date: March 17, 1864
Creator: Sargent, Vanburen W.
Partner: McWhiney History Education Group

[[Transcript of Letter from Vanburen W. Sargent to Mr. and Mrs. Sargent, March 7, 1864]

Description: Transcript of letter from Vanburen W. Sargent, to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sargent discussing his company's month long expedition across the Confederacy before heading back to a camp in Tennessee near Vicksburg. He briefly mentions his journey to Meridian, Mississippi where he and his company tore up all the railroads for 10 miles and burnt all train cars and locomotives.
Date: March 17, 1864
Partner: McWhiney History Education Group

[Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Bradley - March 20, 1864]

Description: Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Bradley, dated March 20, 1864 and sent from a camp at Caney Creek, in which he writes about having nothing to do and how he hopes to visit in one or two months.
Date: March 20, 1864
Creator: Bradley, L. D.
Partner: Pearce Museum at Navarro College

[Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Bradley - March 26, 1864]

Description: Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Bradley, dated March 26, 1864 and sent from a camp at Caney Creek, in which he writes about wanting her to tell him everything and not worry about boring him.
Date: March 26, 1864
Creator: Bradley, L. D.
Partner: Pearce Museum at Navarro College

[Letter from Josephus Moore to Charles Moore, March 27, 1864]

Description: Letter from Josephus Moore to Charles Moore, relating news and the status of family members. He also mentions several Confederate soldiers that are imprisoned in Rock Island Prison
Date: March 27, 1864
Creator: Moore, Josephus C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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