US Civil War Letter & cover 9-11-1864 from soldier 95th Ohio Reg. to girlfriend
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US Civil War Letter & cover 9-11-1864 from soldier 95th Ohio Reg. to girlfriend:
$95.00
US Civil War Letter & cover 9-11-1864 from soldier Joseph Maitland, 95th Ohio Reg. in camp near Memphis to girlfriend Bell Wharton in Urbana Ohio. Another letter from Joe complaining that he has not had recent mail from Bell. He gets very disappointed every time mail is delivered and there is no mail from Bell. Some sappy content about gazing upon her picture and wishing he was with here that moment. He tells Bell about news he got in a letter from his mother about the death of Walt Baldwin. He belonged to the 134th and died at Fortress Monroe about the time the regiment started home. \"Poor fellow! little did he & a great many others think that the hundred days service would be their last. Letter talks also about the capture of Atlanta and Fort Morgan. Much more great content, offerding starts at $150.00, good luck buyers ,please add $4 for insured mail usa & + $15 registered out of usa,thanksJames M. Maitland, Joseph’s father, was active in the Democratic party of Ohio. He took part in Stephen A. Douglas’s campaign, and served as a one-time representative of his district in the state legislature. His wife, Ann Mast, was the daughter of Daniel Mast, a leader in the Mennonite church in Pennsylvania. The Mast family originally came to America from Holland on account of religious persecution. They had three children: Joseph M. Maitland, William G. Maitland, and a daughter who died in infancy. Ann Mast’s brother, Elhanan, served as a lieutenant colonel in the Thirteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. William G. Maitland worked for the railroad in Pennsylvania and Indiana, and eventually settled in Colorado where he represented the Fidelity & Deposit Company of Maryland (Wilbur Fisk Stone, History of Colorado, Vol. III. Denver: S. J. Clarke and Co., 1918). Joseph Maitland enlisted on 8 August 1862 as a private. He was mustered into ”G” Co. OH
US Civil War Letter & cover 9-11-1864 from soldier 95th Ohio Reg. to girlfriend:
$95.00