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Letter from James Wesley Moore to his Father-in-law, John Miller Hankins, September 24, 1862
Chattanooga, Tennessee, September 24th, 1862 Mr. John M. Hankins, yisterday i wrote a letter to Eliza and it strikes me that i dident date it though if you git boath letters you may know Eliza's was wrote and mailed one day sooner then this one some of the boyes sayes that a letter will go sooner by not paying the postage i am going to try the experiment i paid postage on the one i wrote yesterday and on this one i will not pay it and see which gits there first the soldiers here is afrad to bye enny thing to eate outside of lines the union men has bin guilta of poisening soldiers thew this country the Jenerel talk here this morning is that wee will git off from here in a day or two though i think it verry unsurtain when wee will leave this place when wee leave here wee will go into Cold country i have bought one liney shirt and one liney par of drawers they are boath the best kind of liney. they boath just coust four dollars if i knew that i wouldent looze enny of my close i wouldent neede all of that liney that Eliza is fixing for me but maby she had better keepe hit til she hears from me again since i hav bin writing M. C. Moore has steped in to ower tent his croud is gone and i thaught he was gone though he was taken down here with the chills and feaver and has bin in the hospittle he will leave here about the same time wee do take good care of your self and family so nothing more this time only remains yours truly write soon and often if you can To John M. Hankins J. W. Moore
Chattanooga, Tennessee, September 24th, 1862 Mr. John M. Hankins, Yesterday i wrote a letter to Eliza and it strikes me that I didn’t date it, though if you get both letters you may know Eliza's was written and mailed one day sooner than this one. Some of the boys say that a letter will go sooner by not paying the postage. I am going to try the experiment. I paid postage on the one I wrote yesterday, and on this one I will not pay it and see which gets there first. The soldiers here are afraid to buy anything to eat outside of lines. The Union men have been guilty of poisoning soldiers through this country. The general talk here this morning is that we will get off from here in a day or two, though I think it very uncertain when we will leave this place. When we leave here we will go into Cold country. I have bought one linen shirt and one linen pair of drawers. They are both the best kind of linen. They both just cost four dollars. If I knew that I wouldn’t lose any of my clothes I wouldn’t need all of that linen that Eliza is fixing for me, but maybe she had better keep it till she hears from me again. Since I have been writing, M. C. Moore has stepped in to our tent. His crowd is gone and I thought he was gone, though he was taken down here with the chills and fever and has been in the hospital. He will leave here about the same time we do. Take good care of your self and family. So nothing more this time. Only remains yours truly. Write soon and often if you can. To John M. Hankins J. W. Moore
Original in possession of Gale and Virginia Sanders, transcription by Paul Hays, April 2004 James Wesley Moore, 4/1829 – bef. 1910, Co. K, 41st Alabama Infantry, son of Elizabeth Kirkland & John Patterson Moore, husband of Eliza Hankins; John Miller Hankins, c. 1807 – bef. 1866; Eliza: Eliza Jane W. Hankins, 5/27/1841 – 3/18/1914, daughter of Martha Morton & John Miller Hankins M. C. Moore: Milton Craig Moore, c. 1834 - , Co. K, 16th Alabama Infantry, brother of James Wesley Moore, later husband of Minerva P. (unknown), later moved to Texas
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