Moore, Charles B. Moore
Description
This is a document from the Charles B. Moore Collection. In this document, Moore discusses the Wallace family education and military history. Moore states that most of the family went to school with slaves or with freed African Americans.Moving from the family's educational history, he notes the wars that the Wallace men fought in, details the campaign to North Georgia to fight the Indians, and recalls an incident which occurred travelling to Georgia on the Mississippi River. Israel Moore, John Wallace, and Raby Herrell fought in this campaign. The document is undated. It is damaged on the edges of the letter and some of the words are missing due to the damage.[4] p. ; 20 x 13 cm.
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White, Ruth Moore
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- Archives
- Battle Of Ouithlacoochie
- Education Schools
- Flat Boats
- Freedmen
- Genealogical Studies
- Letters
- Military And War Personnel
- Military And War Wars
- Moore, Charles B., 1822 1901
- People Ethnic Groups American Indians
- Seminole Wars
- Slaver
- Social Life And Customs Correspondence
- Social Life And Customs Slavery