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Identifier	MCW_MDCH_11-07-16_DON0005_0006
Creator	Moore, Charles T., 1845-1915
Title	Charles Thornton Moore letter dated May 15, 1862
Subject	Moore, Charles T., 1845-1915--Correspondence United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives United States. Army. Maryland Infantry Regiment, 2nd (1861-1865) North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 United States. Army--Military life. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Health aspects Soldiers--United States--Correspondence
Description	Letter dated May 15, 1862 from Charles Thornton Moore to his sister, Virginia Garland Moore Craig. The letter was written from New Bern, North Carolina. Moore describes the wet and rainy weather conditions, and also the illnesses, such as typhoid, that have sickened and killed some of his fellow soldiers. He indicates that many of the officers of his regiment have resigned.
Date Original	1862-05-15
Biographical/Historical Note	Charles Thornton Moore was born June 30, 1845. He served in the United States Army 2nd Maryland Infantry and the 11th Maryland Infantry. After the war, he returned to Baltimore, Maryland. He and his wife, Lavinia DeLacey Moore, had five children. He died on June 7, 1915.
Extent	3 scans
Format	Digital reproduction of 3-page document, 20 x 13 cm.
Publisher	Maryland Digital Cultural Heritage Program Enoch Pratt Free Library
Date Digital	2011-07-16
Language	English
Type	Text
Coverage	1861-1870
Relation	Is Part Of The Civil War in Your Attic Is Part Of the Maryland Digital Cultural Heritage Program
Related items	Item provided to The Civil War in Your Attic Project by the Moore Family, digital donor number MCW_MDCH_11-07-16_DON0005
Rights	Permission to publish is required. Please contact Michael Scott, Digitization Supervisor/MDCH Coordinator, Enoch Pratt Free Library, 400 Cathedral St., Baltimore, MD 21201, 410-545-6342, mdch@prattlibrary.org.

Identifier	MCW_MDCH_11-07-16_DON0005_0006_0001
Title	Page 1
Transcript	New Bern May the 15 1862 Dear Sister , I received your letter yesterday afternoon. I was on guard when the car came down with the mail. They brought the news that our regiment had gone the night before in all the rain and had to wade across a creek up to their necks. They marched on to Kingston I believe. We expect to hear of a fight there in a few days. Our company is still down the road on picket duty. I don’t know how soon we will join the regiment. It rained so hard here last night that our tents were all flooded and we got wet through. We were twenty-five miles from Fort

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