P. Davidson-Peters's Blog – May 2010 Archive (1)

Thanks to Mr. Sullivan for publishing the Civil War letters of his ancestor, John M. Barton.



Our families were brought together during the Civil War when both Barton and Moore served in the Co. K of the 33rd MO regiment. Barton died in May 1863, and as Sullivan states, "his letters were taken by a fellow soldier, Thomas Anderson Moore, to return to his people. But Moore was wounded and left for dead in the Confederate attack on Helena, Arkansas on 4 July 1863. In hospital in Memphis,… Continue