Manuscript Database
Creator/Title
Baynes, John T., 1833-1891. Correspondence, 1865, 1963-1965. 16 pages.
Call No.
Mss. C B
Content
Photocopies of two letters written by John T. Baynes, a soldier during the Civil War in the 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry and later the 2nd Pennsylvania Provisional Cavalry Regiment. Baynes writes to Elizabeth A. Miles of Mansfield, Pennsylvania from Jeffersonville, Indiana and Louisville, Kentucky in July of 1865. He comments on the swampy land and poor water quality in the area; notes that civilians in the area are anxious to see the soldiers leave because they are missing produce and livestock; and reports that the soldiers are anxious to return home, their main remaining duty being to maintain order in the city on election day. He also mentions that a Colored Regiment stationed nearby may receive his company's horses, adding later that "the way they put on airs is a caution to white folks in general." Also included with Baynes' letters is correspondence dating from the 1960s from Robert N. Miller to Richard and Margaret Baynes, including news of the Miller and Baynes families.