- GLC#
- GLC03836.73-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 7 September 1864
- Author/Creator
- West, Lewis H., 1829-?
- Title
- to Harriet Moore
- Place Written
- St. Catherine's Sound, Georgia
- Pagination
- 4 p. : Height: 24.6 cm, Width: 19.6 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
References her previous letter. Says he has been busy surveying St. Catherine's bar. Says he has found a channel. Praises Farragut's recent victories around Mobile. In reference to the 1864 presidential election says "I should certainly go for 'Old Abe.' He is not exactly the man I would choose, but he is an honest and patriotic man and the most decent of all of them ... Fremont I am afraid is nothing but a scheming politician, and as for McClellan I would rather go for Jeff Davis himself." Landing recently he "found things pretty much as we left them[.] The old darkies are flourishing and have laid in a large crop of corn during the summer." Makes reference to a court martial of an engineer that fell through. Says he has only had 10 days leave in 3 years, 4 months of service. Written while aboard the USS "Fernandina".
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