T. O. Moore,
Late Company F, Seventh Texas Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 1861 to 1865; Colonel First Regiment, Third Brigade, Texas Division, U. C. V.
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“When war compelled surrender, I accepted the situation in good faith.”
San Francisco Law Library,
San Francisco, January 6, 1904.
Dear Madam,—Learning of the recent death of General Longstreet, I felt compelled to address to you an expression of sympathy.
It so happened that soon after the close of the Civil War, he and I were for a time guests at the same hotel in Washington.
I then formed his acquaintance and had a series of conversations with him, which constitute pleasing recollections to me.
Although of Northern lineage and sentiment, I learned to admire a personality that seemed so charming in civil life, and which I had learned to dread in war.
I am aware that later he fell under the severe displeasure of many Southern people.