[Letter from Private John B. Lease, Camp Shiloh, near Corinth, Mississippi, to his brother, W. Harris Lease, Esq, Huntsville, Ohio]

[Letter from Private John B. Lease, Camp Shiloh, near Corinth, Mississippi, to his brother, W. Harris Lease, Esq, Huntsville, Ohio] still image graphic text Correspondence-1860-1870. Manuscripts-1860-1870. xxu 1862 monographic May 23rd 1862 [23 May 1862] eng 1 item (8 pages on 2 sheets) ; sheet 20 x 11 cm + 1 envelope. Handwritten letter from Union soldier John B. Lease of Co. G, 1st Ohio Infantry Regiment, who was wounded on September 19, 1863, at Chickamauga, Georgia, and died of his wounds on December 30, 1863, at Cincinnati, Ohio, to his brother about sending letters and how they haven't been received due to the blockade, his location, finding a sick woman with children and helping them, being on duty, and the daily fighting that has been occurring. Includes envelope. Use digital images. Original served only by appointment because material requires special handling. For more information see: (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/info/617_apptonly.html) No known restrictions on publication. Title devised by Library staff. Page 1 of the stationery has an image of a soldier holding a rifle standing next to a 34 star United States flag with tents and the Capitol building in the background. Page 5 of the stationery has an image of a standing woman in red, white, and blue holding a United States flag. Envelope has an image of a standing woman in red, white, and blue holding a United States flag and pointing at the words "Onward to Victory." Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2019; (DLC/PP-2017:171-2, formerly deposit D074) Purchased from: Labron Harris, Glen Echo, Maryland, August 2018. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Social aspects LOT 15555-1, no. 99 Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.86644 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.86645 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.86646 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.86647 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.86648 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.86649 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.86650 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.87567 Liljenquist Family collection (Library of Congress) (DLC) 2010650519 2023637834 LC-DIG-ppmsca-86644 DLC LC-DIG-ppmsca-86645 DLC LC-DIG-ppmsca-86646 DLC LC-DIG-ppmsca-86647 DLC LC-DIG-ppmsca-86648 DLC LC-DIG-ppmsca-86649 DLC LC-DIG-ppmsca-86650 DLC hdl:loc.pnp/ppmsca.87567 aacr dcrmmss DLC 231013 20250607123519.6 23349884 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.8 using MARC21slim2MODS3-8_XSLT1-0.xsl (Revision 1.172 20230208) eng