There is a letter at Duke University that W.W. Mobley wrote to his sister-in-law, Harriett, in Chester S.C. He stated that his Company I Ms. Inf. was at Fort Pillow in 1861 Elizabeth Dunn, genealogist at Duke reported several letters that W.W. Mobley wrote about the war. He mentioned they were digging ditches at Ft. Pillow in 1861 and that they were leaving soon.