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During the Mexican-American War, Moore organized and led the Eutaw Rangers, a group of volunteers from Greene County, Alabama. In the letter he discusses the upcoming transportation of troops to Burita or Matamoras, Mexico, and he describes the difficult living conditions at his camp in Texas: "The water is so intolerable at this place that we are exceedingly anxious to get away. We have a few mosquitoes at night but they are not half so annoying as the flies. You never saw in all your life, I am certain, as many as you could see in one hour here. The tents are almost black with them, they cluster so thick...The sand too is very disagreeable. We have had no rain since we landed here and the sand is very deep and dry." He also asks about the health of his two sons, who have been sick: "Language could not convey to you an idea of the deep anxiety I feel on this account and yours. To think that either you or my sweet children should be sick and I a thousand miles away from them & you; oh it would be heart-rending the very thought--God grant that you may all three continue to live in health until my return. Do keep me advised often of your situation & theirs--Let me know every particular, just as tho' I was present to talk with you. I am never sad except when I begin to think of the many--many long miles that separate...

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Alabama Textual Materials Collection

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Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130