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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.10.157 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Joseph M. Maitland |
| Title | Isaac W. Mast to Joseph M. Maitland about his company's movements, his brother's belief that abolition is not worth war and rumors of peace |
| Date | 4 February 1865 |
| Author | Mast, Isaac W. (b. 1828) |
| Recipient | Maitland, Joseph M. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Writes to his cousin from camp near Louisville. Expects to go down the Tennessee River very soon but has been detained due to ice in the river. Informs him that six companies left yesterday. Comments his brother Joseph "has a great deal to say about our country becoming bankrupt, the suffering of widows and orphans and the unnecessary destruction of life, all for the abolition of slavery." Says he doesn't have much faith in the peace rumors, "the Rebel Army at Richmond will have to be subdued before the Rebel authorities are willing to come back into the Union." |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Soldier's Letter Peace Confederate States of America Death Democratic Party Transportation Politics Finance Abolition Slavery African American History |
| People | Maitland, Joseph M. (1839-1918) Mast, Isaac W. (b. 1828) |
| Place written | Louisville, Kentucky |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Slavery & Abolition |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Joseph Maitland enlisted on 8 August 1862 as a Private. He was mustered into "G" Co. OH 95th Infantry. He was mustered out 31 May 1865 at Memphis, Tennessee. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Recipient Relationship | Cousin |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Main Western Theater |
| Civil War: Unit | 95th Ohio Infantry, G Company |