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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.10.060 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Joseph M. Maitland |
| Title | Joseph M. Maitland to [William Grier Maitland] discussing camp deaths and reporting that guerillas have set fire to a steamboat a few miles outside of Memphis [incomplete] |
| Date | 21 February 1863 |
| Author | Maitland, Joseph M. (1839-1918) |
| Recipient | Maitland, William G. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Informs brother, from Fort Pickering, that three men from his regiment died last night from illness. Reports that there is news of "guerillas" burning a steamboat a few miles outside of Memphis, speculating that everyone was taken prisoner. Tells him that upon hearing this, his regiment fired shells at them from their Gun Boats and the next day he could see Rebel Calvary crossing into Hopefield. Letter incomplete and unsigned. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Soldier's Letter Prisoner of War Wartime Pillaging and Destruction Navy Cavalry Death Health and Medical Disease Guerrilla Warfare Steamboat |
| People | Maitland, Joseph M. (1839-1918) Van Cleve, Horatio Phillips (1809-1891) Maitland, William Grier (b. 1846) |
| Place written | Memphis, Tennessee |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Health & Medicine |
| 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 | Brother |
| Civil War: Unit | 95th Ohio Infantry, G Company |