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Identifier	MCW_MDCH_11-08-30_DON0008_0036
Creator	Wistar, Joseph W. (Joseph Waln), 1841-1906
Title	Joseph Waln Wistar letter dated November 9, 1861
Subject	Soldiers--United States--Correspondence United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives United States. Army--Military life. United States. Army. Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment, 8th (1861-1865) Wistar, Joseph W. (Joseph Waln), 1841-1906--Correspondence
Description	Letter dated November 9, 1861 from Lieutenant Joseph W. (Waln) Wistar, 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry, to his mother Mrs. Joseph Wistar (Sarah E. Comfort Wistar) residing at No. 1229 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In this one-page letter Lieutenant Wistar asks his mother to give some of his personal items to Sergeant Stubbs, a member of his unit. He also tells her that because members of his company haven't been paid recently, they have very little money left and are looking forward to payday.
Date Original	1861-11-09
Biographical/Historical Note	Joseph Waln Wistar was born in 1841 and grew up near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. According to official records, he enlisted and received his commission as a first lieutenant in the 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry on September 17, 1861. He was promoted to full captain on January 1, 1862 and to full major on December 23, 1863. Wounded on August 23, 1864 at the Reams Station during the siege of Petersburg, Virginia, he was transferred to a hospital in Philadelphia, where he was discharged later that year. He is believed to have died in Erie, Pennsylvania on October 2, 1906.
Extent	2 scans
Format	Digital reproduction of 1-page document, 26 x 20 cm., and of 1-page document, 20 x 26 cm.
Publisher	Maryland Digital Cultural Heritage Program Enoch Pratt Free Library
Date Digital	2011-08-31
Language	English
Type	Text
Coverage	1861-1870
Relation	Is Part Of The Civil War in Your Attic Is Part Of the Maryland Digital Cultural Heritage Program
Related items	Item provided to The Civil War in Your Attic Project by J. Wistar ("Pete") Huey III, digital donor number MCW_MDCH_11-08-30_DON0008
Rights	Permission to publish is required. Please contact Michael Scott, Digitization Supervisor/MDCH Coordinator, Enoch Pratt Free Library, 400 Cathedral St., Baltimore, MD 21201, 410-545-6342, mdch@prattlibrary.org.

Identifier	MCW_MDCH_11-08-30_DON0008_0036_0001
Title	Page 1
Transcript	Head Quarters 8th Penn[sylvani]a Cavalry Nov 9th 1861 . Dear Ma , Please deliver to the bearer Sargeant [sic] Stubbs my my pup Dred, my pocket flask that is in one of the pidgeon [sic] holes in the centre of my desk, the one that closes with a door, and my new watch chain. We have been officially notified that we are the 8th not the 1st Penna. Cavalry, as the heading of my letter shows. We expect our pay next week, and it wont come any too soon, as there aint 5 dollars, in the possession of all our officers put together. We have to get all our things on trust of the Sutler and pay accordingly. Comp. [Company] D is now worth 20 cts [cents] which we are saving for an emergency in the possession of Cap. [Captain Pennock] Huey. I am going to try to get a pass to go after Ned Shoenberger who is over here somewhere. I will write soon again with love Yours affec[tionately,] Joe

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