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- GLC#
- GLC03523.10.171-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 13 March 1865
- Author/Creator
- Maitland, Joseph M., 1836-1918
- Title
- to Bell Wharton
- Place Written
- Memphis, Tennessee
- Pagination
- 4 p. : Height: 24.9 cm, Width: 19.7 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Joseph writes to "Dear Darling Bell." Comments how fast her letter reached him, "...not three days on the road...." Proclaims his love for her and imagines her lips. Says he received three other letters from friends and relatives and relays their news to her. Reports the Mississippi River is very high and still rising, enabling the boats to travel quickly. Informs a man in his regiment died of typhoid after surviving the Battle at Nashville. Comments "I don't think it is an exhausting business for you to write two letters a week- and I don't think it would hurt you to write three."
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