Charles S. Taylor Letter, July 23, 1861

              C.A. Shanks. July 23. 61                                                 Fort Bliss Texas
                                                July 23 1861
            Mr C. S. Taylor
                                    Sir you perhaps have learned before this that we arrived here on the glorious old fourth and all in good health and in fine Spirits but we have had cause to change since we arrived here.  there is a great deal of murmuring and dissatisfaction in our company owing to the treatment of Our Captain towards us he treats us more like slaves than anything else.  Since he has go us mustered into the C.S. Service he is not the man that we took him to be by any means he has paid more attention to the outer man than the inner   Regimentals has made a surly dictator in place of a kind captain.  no longer than last evening he stuck upon his doore (sic) the following  "I want no trash left around my doore a hint to the wise is enough" and it is enough - he has said he did not want loaf