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Collection Summary | |
Creator: | Maynard, John T. |
Collection Name: | Maynard Civil War Correspondence Collection |
Inclusive Dates: | 1863-1864 |
Physical Description: | .25 Linear feet |
Quantity: | 1 box (.25 linear feet) |
Abstract: | This is a collection of 16 letters from Union soldier John T. Maynard to his sister Rubie Maynard in Waterloo, Seneca Co., NY during the Civil War. The original envelopes with stamps are included. He writes from Union Mills, VA, Centerville, VA, Elk Run, VA, Douglas Hospital, Washington, DC, Petersburg, VA, and James River, VA and describes his life at the front. The letters span a period of 16 months from January 1863 to August 1864. Also included is a two-part article by Betsy Towle from The Heliograph journal, describing these letters. |
Collection Number: | MS COLL 2010.18 |
Language: | Material in English |
Repository: |
Postal History Foundation, Peggy J. Slusser Memorial Philatelic Library 920 North First Avenue Tucson, AZ 85719 520-623-6652 library@phftucson.org |
John T. Maynard was a member of the Third Brigade Ambulance Corps, Abercrombie Division, in the Union Army. Originally from upstate New York, his letters to his sister tell the story of his life at the battle front in Virginia and his hospitalization in Washington, DC.
This collection contains 16 letters and envelopes from John T. Maynard to his sister Rubie Maynard from 1863-1864.
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Civil War Collection.
The provenance of this collection is unknown.
Maynard Civil War Correspondence Collection. Postal History Foundation. Tucson, Arizona.
Processed in November of 2011
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1 | 1-16 | Letters from John T. Maynard to Rubie Maynard 1863-1864 |
1 | 17 | "Serving with the Ambulance Corps" by Elizabeth Towle (The Heliograph, Vol. 2, no. 2, Vol. 2, no. 3) 1988 |