These passages include three poems by African American writers: "Helen Keller" by Langston Hughes; "'Courage!' He Said" by Jessie Fauset; and "Spirit Vision" by Countee Cullen.
During the Mexican-American War, Moore organized and led the Eutaw Rangers, a group of volunteers from Greene County, Alabama. In the letter he describes plants and animals he has seen in camp (cacti, horned toads, armadillos, and "many other...