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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.10.061 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Joseph M. Maitland |
| Title | James M. Maitland to Joseph M. Maitland about the death of a family friend and his favor for drafting black soldiers |
| Date | 8 March 1863 |
| Author | Maitland, James M. (1815-1864) |
| Recipient | Maitland, Joseph M. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Reports to son about the death of a family friend, Ben Morgan. Writes that "I asked him of his hope of Heaven. He said it was strong, strong enough to bear him over the Jordon of waters." Instructs his son to make himself acquainted with his officers, as it will be helpful later. States, "I am in favor of calling out a sufficient force to end the War at once for we have been having too much of a [temporising] policy. I am in favor also as the War has run into the Negro as strongly drafting every Negro in the North and then let those Ultra abolitionists go with them as officers see what they can do." |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Soldier's Letter Death Religion African American History African American Troops Abolition |
| People | Maitland, Joseph M. (1839-1918) Maitland, James M. (1815-1864) Van Cleve, Horatio Phillips (1809-1891) |
| Place written | Kingston, Ohio |
| Theme | The American Civil War; African Americans; Religion; 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 | Son |
| Civil War: Unit | 95th Ohio Infantry, G Company |