Letter from Syndenham Moore at Camp Alabama, to his wife, Amanda, in Greensboro, Alabama.
During the Mexican-American War, Moore organized and led the Eutaw Rangers, a group of volunteers from Greene County, Alabama. In the letter he describes plants and animals he has seen in camp (cacti, horned toads, armadillos, and "many other things which would be esteemed curiosities at home&q...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/2876 |