Letter from Syndenham Moore on the Rio Grande, 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. He wrote this letter while traveling on a boat to his regiment's next camp. In it he mentions the great sickness that spread through his regiment at their last station:...
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During the Mexican-American War, Moore organized and led the Eutaw Rangers, a group of volunteers from Greene County, Alabama. He wrote this letter while traveling on a boat to his regiment's next camp. In it he mentions the great sickness that spread through his regiment at their last station: "We were delighted at getting off from the place where we were last encamped. It was a pretty place and there seems to be no cause there to produce sickness, but the crowded hospitals the long, lank & hollow cheeks and the number of graves there, speak but little in its favor...in 21 days there were 32 buried out of our Reg't...Many have tho't this country healthy, but it is a wide mistake, I think. It might be after one had lived here a few years, but it is too far south for one to enjoy good health, coming even no farther north than we do - When we get to Camargo it will be healthier and the farther we go into the interior the better it will be for us." He mentions his efforts to learn Spanish and describes the Mexican citizens he has encountered: "The Mexicans are settled thick along the banks. As the Boat passes along crowds of men, women & children run down to look at us - There seems to be double the number of women that there are men. But the number of children surpasses any thing I ever saw...They are generally naked and they laugh...& clap their hands when they see the Boat. The women, I observe, are all neatly dressed, tho' in different style from the American ladies...When the boat lands they collect around to sell milk, bread or something else." After arriving in the town of Rhinosa, he describes the landscape of the area. |
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Q0000017286 - Q0000017289Q17286 - Q17289Letter from Syndenham Moore on the Rio Grande, 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. He wrote this letter while traveling on a boat to his regiment's next camp. In it he mentions the great sickness that spread through his regiment at their last station: "We were delighted at getting off from the place where we were last encamped. It was a pretty place and there seems to be no cause there to produce sickness, but the crowded hospitals the long, lank & hollow cheeks and the number of graves there, speak but little in its favor...in 21 days there were 32 buried out of our Reg't...Many have tho't this country healthy, but it is a wide mistake, I think. It might be after one had lived here a few years, but it is too far south for one to enjoy good health, coming even no farther north than we do - When we get to Camargo it will be healthier and the farther we go into the interior the better it will be for us." He mentions his efforts to learn Spanish and describes the Mexican citizens he has encountered: "The Mexicans are settled thick along the banks. As the Boat passes along crowds of men, women & children run down to look at us - There seems to be double the number of women that there are men. But the number of children surpasses any thing I ever saw...They are generally naked and they laugh...& clap their hands when they see the Boat. The women, I observe, are all neatly dressed, tho' in different style from the American ladies...When the boat lands they collect around to sell milk, bread or something else." After arriving in the town of Rhinosa, he describes the landscape of the area.1846 August 31 - September 11846-08-311840-1849Moore, Amanda Melvina Hobson; Moore, Sydenham, 1817-1862; Mexican War, 1846-1848--Health aspects; Mexican War, 1846-1848--Military life; Mexican War, 1846-1848--Military personnel; Mexico--Description and travelTextCorrespondenceMoore, SydenhamSydenham Moore family papersSPR693v34123Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130EnglishThis material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though ADAH has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections.600 PPI TIFFhttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/2879 |
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