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Size | 1 microfilm reel. |
Abstract | MICROFILM ONLY. John Wilson Hines, a native of Virginia, moved to Ohio and served as an officer in the Union Army during the Civil War. After the war, Hines travelled briefly to east Tennessee, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Richmond, Va., settling eventually in Minnesota. Papers include a certificate of medical leave and a personal letter from Hines to George Wells in Tennessee, 1862-1863; nineteen items, 1862-1863, including letters and official military papers addressed to Hines from friends, family members in both North and South, and commanding officers, regarding the death of Hine's Confederate brother, news from his family in Virginia, and military correspondence concerning his duty assignments; twenty-six items from 1865, including letters to Hines from his Ohio cousins, from female friends, and from soldiers in other camps, about military orders and news of friends and family; ten items from 1866, including scattered personal correspondence from family and friends indicating their desire to resettle, move west, and begin new jobs, and Hines's love letters to Alice McEwen; verses, dated 1892, in memory of Elliott Lacy; obituary clippings; and undated correspondence from Hines' sister and other members of his family in Virginia and Ohio. |
Creator | Hines, John Wilson, 1841-1915. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Nancy Kaiser, May 2021
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John Wilson Hines, a native of Virginia, moved to Ohio and served as an officer in the Union Army during the Civil War. After the war, Hines travelled briefly to east Tennessee, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Richmond, Va., settling eventually in Minnesota.
Back to TopMICROFILM ONLY. Papers include a certificate of medical leave and a personal letter from Hines to George Wells in Tennessee, 1862-1863; nineteen items, 1862-1863, including letters and official military papers addressed to Hines from friends, family members in both North and South, and commanding officers, regarding the death of Hine's Confederate brother, news from his family in Virginia, and military correspondence concerning his duty assignments; twenty-six items from 1865, including letters to Hines from his Ohio cousins, from female friends, and from soldiers in other camps, about military orders and news of friends and family; ten items from 1866, including scattered personal correspondence from family and friends indicating their desire to resettle, move west, and begin new jobs, and Hines's love letters to Alice McEwen; verses, dated 1892, in memory of Elliott Lacy; obituary clippings; and undated correspondence from Hines' sister and other members of his family in Virginia and Ohio.
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