HI: Spotted this while wandering the web. Regards, Nan [email protected] -------------------------------------------------------- Manuscripts Department Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- #1829 JOHN WILSON HINES PAPERS Summary NOTE: A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical Collection. Contact staff at: (919)962-1345 (telephone); (919)962-4452 (FAX); [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Hines, John Wilson, 1841-1915. Papers, 1862-1872. 1 microfilm reel. Microfilm.. Originals returned to private owner in 1951. John Wilson Hines, a native of Virginia, moved to Ohio and served as an officer in the Union Army during the Civil War. After the war, Hines travelled briefly to east Tennessee, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Richmond, Va., settling eventually in Minnesota. Papers include a certificate of medical leave and a personal letter from Hines to George Wells in Tennessee, 1862-1863; nineteen items, 1862-1863, including letters and official military papers addressed to Hines from friends, family members in both North and South, and commanding officers, regarding the death of Hine's Confederate brother, news from his family in Virgina, and military correspondence concerning his duty assignments; twenty-six items from 1865, including letters to Hines from his Ohio cousins, from female friends, and from soldiers in other camps, about military orders and news of friends and family; ten items from 1866, including scattered personal correspondence from family and friends indicating their desire to resettle, move west, and begin new jobs, and Hines's love letters to Alice McEwen; verses, dated 1892, in memory of Elliott Lacy; obituary clippings; and undated correspondence from Hines' sister and other members of his family in Virginia and Ohio. SEE ALSO: Edward Payson Reeve Papers (#1828) in the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. ONLINE CATALOG TERMS: Confederate States of America--Social conditions. Family--Ohio--Social life and customs--19th century. Family--Virginia--Social life and customs--19th century. Hines family. Hines, John Wilson, 1841-1915. Lacy, Elliott. Love-letters--19th century. McEwen, Alice. Ohio--Social life and customs--19th century. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Peace. United States. Army--Military life--History--Civil War, 1861-1865. United States. Army--Officers--Correspondence--History--Civil War, 1861-1865. Virginia--Social life and customs--19th century. Wells, George. COPYRIGHT: Retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.