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Letters, 1861 w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w As 1861 dawned,John Crawford Anderson was still a Citadel cadet,Thomas John Moore remained a student at South Carolina College,and Franklin Leland Anderson was tending to his plantation.On April 12,Confederate forces fired upon the federal garrison at Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor and controlled the small island two days later.War began in earnest.Prior to the war Frank had been a member of the local Spartan Rifles and thus was in the first group of Spartanburg County troops dispatched to Virginia,becoming a part of the Fifth Regiment,South Carolina Volunteers,in the buildup to the First Battle of Manassas on July 21.Tom left college briefly to serve in Charleston when Fort Sumter fell,and then again when Union troops took Port Royal.Andrew left Alabama and returned to South Carolina to enlist in the Eighteenth Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers.He finished the year in Virginia. At home the Spartanburg community began to see shortages of basic goods as the blockade of the coast tightened. Salt was particularly hard to acquire. Hettie Brockman suffered a two-month-long bout with typhoid fever. Her parents’ estate was finally settled, with her older sister Lucy Earle’s husband buying the Old Place. Hettie and Ella left the Andersons’ home and moved in with the Earles. Ella returned to Limestone College that fall. John was often called out of the Citadel for training camps. David Anderson began selling flour and later hams to the Confederacy, and the first deaths of neighbors and cousins in the war were reported. [34] Andrew Charles Moore to Nancy Montgomery Moore Evins1 Perry County, Ala. Feb. 24th, 1861 My Dear Mother My last to you was dated a week since.In it I stated that I had been quite sick, & that Mary [Mary Foster Moore] was then sick, but that I hoped she would 40 Upcountry South Carolina Goes to War become better soon. Quite to the contrary, she is now worse than then. Her attack is somewhat like pneumonia, but is not exactly the same, and bids fair to be a serious one. She suffers a great deal, from intense sickness. I am no better myself. Really I do not know what is the matter. My whole system seems to be generally deranged.Last night I suffered a while from a pain in my left hip joint, which finally changed to my right thigh bone. This morning I feel no symptoms of it. I have been anxious to get back to S. Carolina for some time, but have been unable to move. The time has come when every man must gird on his armor, & take the field or submit to despotism.We must fight now,or lose our all.None are more willing than myself, & before this I would have been in the field had my health permitted.I wish you would inform me if any new companies are forming in Spartanburg, or if any more are called for by the State. If so I shall hasten home to unite myself with one of them, as soon as I am able to leave here with safety.I am opposed to joining an old company,hence I ask about new ones.Col. [S. N.] Evins knows what troops are needed, & what companies are raising to supply them. Dr. Foster’s family are well. He says you are the next nicest lady to his wife & sister [Margaret Anna Moore Means] is next to Mary [in his affection].He thinks a great deal of you all. Sel Evins has not reached home yet, probably due to the destruction of Railroads by late rains. Give my love to all, & answer this immediately. Your Af. Son A. C. Moore 1. Nancy Montgomery Moore had married Col. S. N. Evins on December 20, 1860. [35] Nancy Moore Evins to Thomas John Moore March 4th, 1861 My Dear Thomas, I received your letter by last mail, was glad to hear you were enjoying good health, and that you had such a clever set of boys in your tenement. I hope you are improving your time to the best advantage,nothing would give me more pleasure than to hear of your well doing. I am...

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