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Henrietta Wood's Narrative, Part 4
The fourth part (third extant) of Henrietta Wood's narrative of her kidnapping and enslavement, covering her sale to Mississippi, her time spent in Texas during the Civil War, and her suit against Zebulon Ward.
J. B. Miller to Richard L. Pugh, December 12, 1864
Miller writes from Kickapoo instructing Pugh, who is at Neches Saline, to
give Henry Day, the superintendent of the Government Iron Works, the amount of
salt he requests. Miller also asks Pugh to "sell for us our dry salt to any
person" at five…
J. C. Maples to Richard L. Pugh, January 2, 1865
Writing on behalf of C. G. Young, Maples asks Pugh to send some salt "by the
boy Sampson" and also gives instructions about an account with Mr. Wafford.
John C. Moore to William F. Weeks, June 27, 1864
Moore writes to Weeks about his intention to keep most of his "hand" in
Desoto Parish, sending a few back to the Teche to raise a crop if possible
there and on the Magill plantation. He is confident that Weeks's "reasoning
in relation to the detail…
John C. Moore to William F. Weeks, June 6, 1864
Moore begins with a lengthy discussion of the accounts of W. F. Weeks &
Co., and then shares his plans to go to Shreveport soon to "settle with C.
S. officers for the hire & loss of slaves working on the Public Works."
While some of the officers he…
John F. Leigh to John C. Moore, July 15, 1864
Leigh reports to his father-in-law about an upcoming trip to visit some
refugee friends living in Millican, a railroad depot on the Central in
Grimes County. He also describes the corn crop in Texas as one of the best
he has ever seen, and is…
John F. Leigh to John C. Moore, March 8, 1864
Leigh reports to Moore that he has rented 140 acres of "the best of Brazos bottom land," planted with corn, in Sterling, Robinson County, Texas, for which he paid one third of his yield. He had also hired out all of he hands at $25 per month for men…
Josephine Nicholls Pugh Civil War Account
An account of Civil War events in Assumption Parish, LA, during 1862, focusing on how Union occupation disrupted slavery and plantation operations in the area.
June 26, 1863 issue of the Semi-Weekly Shreveport News
This front page from the Shreveport News includes a runaway ad posted by James S. Moore about a refugeed slave who ran from Jordan's Saline, also mentioned in the Clarksville Standard. It also mentions that the government headquarters in Shreveport…
L. P. Burnett to John Moore, August 18, 1863
Burnett writes from New Iberia about his "idea of going to Texas" and his desire to settle a debt to Moore before leaving.