Mast, Isaac W., 1828-? to Joseph M. Maitland
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03523.10.157 Author/Creator: Mast, Isaac W., 1828-? Place Written: Louisville, Kentucky Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 4 February 1865 Pagination: 2 p. ; 25.2 x 19.6 cm. Order a Copy
Writes to his cousin from camp near Louisville. Expects to go down the Tennessee River very soon but has been detained due to ice in the river. Informs him that six companies left yesterday. Comments his brother Joseph "has a great deal to say about our country becoming bankrupt, the suffering of widows and orphans and the unnecessary destruction of life, all for the abolition of slavery." Says he doesn't have much faith in the peace rumors, "the Rebel Army at Richmond will have to be subdued before the Rebel authorities are willing to come back into the Union."
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