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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.10.169 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Joseph M. Maitland |
| Title | Joseph M. Maitland to Bell Wharton encouraging her to gain his mother's affections and mentioning his hopes to return home by the summer |
| Date | 10 March 1865 |
| Author | Maitland, Joseph M. (1839-1918) |
| Recipient | Wharton, Bell |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Letter addressed "My Dear Bell." Expresses deep pleasure at receiving her letters. Reports he will not apply for a furlough and hopes to be home in five months. Encourages her to gain his mother's affections; "Perhaps you can see the object of this, if you can't maybe you will some day." Says he has rheumatism in his shoulder. Complains "This thing of sleeping alone don't pay." |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Soldier's Letter Women's History Love Letters Marriage Children and Family Health and Medical Sexuality |
| People | Maitland, Joseph M. (1839-1918) Wharton, Bell (fl. 1862-1866) |
| 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: Theater of War | Main Western Theater |
| Civil War: Unit | 95th Ohio Infantry, G Company |