Maitland, James M., 1815-1864 to Elhanan M. Mast

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GLC#
GLC03523.10.033-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
9 August 1861
Author/Creator
Maitland, James M., 1815-1864
Title
to Elhanan M. Mast
Place Written
Urbana, Ohio
Pagination
4 p. : envelope Height: 20 cm, Width: 25.5 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Reports to his brother-in-law that he has heard of the defeat at Manassas Junction, which took place on 21-22 July 1861, professing that the version of the story that he heard was much exaggerated. Informs him that Captain Baldwin's company has returned. Discusses the fall Democratic political campaign and how it relates to the war, the Constitution, and Abraham Lincoln's "course on the Habeas Corpus."

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