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Gorsuch, Joseph B., 1834-1908 unknown

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00653.09.20 Author/Creator: Gorsuch, Joseph B., 1834-1908 Place Written: s.l. Type: Envelope Date: circa 1862-1864 Pagination: 2 envelopes Order a Copy

The two envelopes held correspondence sent from Gorsuch, Captain and Provost Marshal of the 13th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to his aunt and uncle in Hamilton, Ohio. One envelope indicates a date of July 30, though no year is cited. On the other envelope, the date is obscured.

Gorsuch, Joseph B., ?-1864
Curtis, Joseph, fl. 1863-1865

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