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- GLC#
- GLC03523.10.127-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 1 July 1864
- Author/Creator
- Maitland, Joseph M., 1836-1918
- Title
- to Bell Wharton
- Place Written
- La Grange, Tennessee
- Pagination
- 4 p. : Height: 20.1 cm, Width: 25 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Maitland writes to Bell from camp outside La Grange. Complains of very dry, hot weather and dusty roads. Writes, "I dont think I ever suffered as much in my life with the heat as I have within the past week." Expresses concern over her lack of letters to him and asks if she has forgotten him. Mentions its been a year since the surrender of Vicksburg, Mississippi, but still no end to the war in sight. Writes "If General [Ulysses] Grant could only succeed in taking Richmond...." Reminds her his service will de done in little over a year and imagines what it will be like to come home. Reports on the cost of food; butter is sixty cents a pound, cheese is fifty cents a pound and potatoes are three dollars a bushel.
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