Unknown To Joseph Maitland
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03523.10.228 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: McComb, Mississippi Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 10 October 1902 Pagination: 7 p. ; 22.3 x 13.7 cm. Order a Copy
Letter addressed "Dear Cousin Joe." Talks about the poor health of her husband John and says the doctors are unable to help him. Reports all of her children have married. Comments she prefers the winters in the south. Remarks both her sons work for the railroad. Gives an update on all her grandchildren. Sends her best to Bell. Expresses deep religious belief in God. Says she is sixty years old and must do her will. Letter signed Cousin Mary.
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.
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