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Title |
1863 Civil War letter from Joseph E. Morris |
Object Name |
Letter |
Catalog Number |
2025.0024.0026 |
People |
Haynes, Martha Emaline Morris, Joseph E. Morris, Martha Emaline Morris, William Haynes Steinhart, John |
Date |
1863 |
Scope & Content |
May 25, 1863 letter from 25 year old Private Joseph E. Morris (1837-1909) to his parents in Jennings County, Indiana. He was serving with Company E of the 82nd Indiana Infantry Regiment in the Union Army during the Civil War. His unit was stationed at Triune, Tennessee. In his letter Joseph writes about the large "breastworks" within which his unit is stationed. All of the trees a mile wide around the fort had been cut down. He also writes that a few days before two men in Company H of the 82nd got into a quarrel and Hiram "Gunboat" Ronalds shot and killed the other Union soldier. Ronalds was arrested, put in jail and is awaiting his trial. After the war Joseph E. Morris married Martha Emaline (Haynes) Morris (1837-1919) in 1866 and they had one child who survived to adulthood, William Haynes "Willie" Morris (1868-1908). In 1902 Joseph E. Morris purchased a 340 acre farm in Daviess County, Indiana on Edwardsport Road just north of Washington. Also included is a handwritten transcript of the May 25, 1863 letter. These items were part of a large collection donated in 2025 to the Daviess County Museum by John Steinhart, the 3x maternal great grandson of Joseph & Martha Morris. |
Collection |
Morris Family Collection |
Search Terms |
82nd Indiana Infantry Regiment Military Morris Family Veteran |