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R         Mains, John B., 1844-1940.

245                  Letters, 1861-1864.

                                    One folder, photocopies.

 

 

 

These are Civil War letters of John B. Mains of the 6th Missouri Infantry.  Mains wrote from camps in Missouri while he served in John C. Frémont’s Army of the West, and from Ten­nessee, Mississippi, and Alabama during service with the Army of the Tennessee.

 

 

30 September 1861               Jefferson City, Missouri.

8 November 1861                  Springfield, Missouri.

5 February 1862                    Camp Lamine, Missouri.

1 June 1862                            Corinth, Mississippi.

10 August 1862                    Memphis, Tennessee.

5 September 1862                 Memphis, Tennessee.

7 December 1862                  Camp near Abbeyville, Mississippi.

20 January 1863                    Memphis, Tennessee.

24 June 1863                          Camp in the rear of Vicksburg, Mississippi.

26 July 1863                           Camp near Bear Creek, Mississippi.

*30 November 1863             Rogersville, [Ohio?].

14 January 1864                    Larkinsville, Alabama.

3 June 1864                            General Hospital, Chattanooga, Tennessee.

n.d.                                         Photocopy of photograph, John B. Means in Civil War uni­form.

 

* Dr. Isaiah Bowen to David Means (Mains).  All others are from John B. Mains to his father, David Mains.

 

 

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