The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-16
VETS
Will Enjoy the
Letters
Written by a Belle
fontaine Boy
AT THE FRONT.
Scenes During the
Civil War
Told in a Pleasing Manner in
MiSSivp Written Mdnv
Years Ago.

We have arranged to publish series
of letters that will interest Civil War
veterans in Logan county. These let
ters were written by Maj. Edward l..
Moore, while in the army during the
Civil War from 1861 to 1865 to his
brother, Rev. d. W. Moore, now of
Dover, N. J., and furnished by him
to the IndexRepublican. There were
15 or 16 Moores. all cousins, brought
up in Union township in this county
who were in the Union army. Among
the number was the writer OF these
letters. as was also his brother, the
late ID. c. Moore, of Bellefontsine.
and his brother. Isaac w. Moore. who
died in q camp hospital at Point Of
Rocks in Virginia in July. 1864. Rev
Il d. ". Moore is the only surviving
brother in the family, but three of the
sisters are still living. Mrs. Maria L.
Rathmell, of this city, Mrs. Mag
gle r. Rea, of GAINESVILLE. and
Mrs. Mamie Smith. of Dayton,
who were members of the Woman g
Relief Corps, the former being one of
the few women who draw a pension
from the government for services dur
| ing the war. Edward L. Moore was
married and lived in BellefontaIne
when the war broke out He Needed
the call of his country, left his little
family and enlisted as a private In
September, 1861. In May. 1862. he
was appointed private secretary to
brig. Genl Morgan of the army Of
the Cumberland. He was commission
ed as captain on May 10Th, 1868, and
Major June 21st, 1864. and was assign
ed to the 53rd u. S. Colored Regi-
ment, where he acted as Lieutenant
Colonel most of the time until ne was
discharged He served over four and
q half years In the army. After his
return from the service he went tc
North Carolina and engaged in the
manufacture of turpentine and resin,
but owing to the mismanagement OF
his partner In business and the gresi
fall in prices he lost all of his money.
He returned TO Bellefontsine and wa
for a time engaged in STAIRS hat
store and then in business in DeGraf
for couple of years. From there hi
went to Kansas on farm near Hum
bolt, where he died from blood poison
ing about twenty-three years ago. Two
of his letters which are to appear wer,
!. written in Southeast Kentucky, thre'
, Ior four from Vicksburg and one il
, Arkansas. The first letter follows:
Il Prestonsburg. Floyd Co., Kentucky
II Feb. Goth, 1862.
II On board Steamer Sandy Valley
ID. W. Moore:
Dear Brother Il suppose tina
Iyou have come to the conclusion
, that / do not care about writ
: ing you, but such is not the case
: acknowledge that have been some
what negligent IN writing to m,
r friends, but if you knew the disadvan
} tages I labor under in writing, yo'
, would surely feel like forgiving M
delinquency. without any furthe
lapology / will proceed to give you
partial description of our marches an
5 the country thus far.
Il We left Camp Chase ON Sunday, Dec
3 18th, 1861; arrived at Cincinnati i
: the evening about eight O'Clock an
3 worked nearly all night to get on
D stores, wagon train, &c, aboard th
r steamers Izetten and Lady jackson
In the morning. all aboard the steamer.
s we pushed off from there and to on
q general surprise headed up stresI
e las we supposed we were going
n Louisville Nothing of Importanc
occurred during our voyage. save th
CONTINUED cheering and waving {
+, flags and handkerchiefs on either shor
: as we passed along. We landed at
e small village called Csttletsburg. stir
: sted at the mouth of the Big Sand
a River which is the dividing line b
Il tween Kentucky and Virginia
d Arrived at that place ON Tuesda,
Dec. 10th. about four O'Clock in tt
q morning. After taking breakfast @
e coffee and crackers. we worked all ds
to get our stores ashore and our team
/ lrigged. Our teams were twenty-si
r mule teams and good many of the
% had never had halter on before. YC
n can judge what time we had in ge
|. ing them to work. In the evening v
It moved up the Big Sandy River sbo'
II a mile above town and pitched ol
:. tents. We stayed here without al
le thing Of note taking place until Satu
day. Dec Goth.
We had marching orders early ar
by eight o. clock our tents were struc
knapsacks packed and swung to o'
back-we awaited the word "Fo
= ward Presently the word was give
and it was rather magnificent sigl
to see the regiment fall into line
,r march We went ON until noon whs
n we sat down by the side of the ros
and made our dinner on crackers al