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Life before the war
Before the war, Josiah was a writer. He wrote many ideas, quotes, principles. He also wrote many things about medicines , He wrote some information for students to learn from his researches and close to this point he became a teacher.
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1861-1865
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Battle of Stones River
Slaves were leaded to the battle of stones river, which took place in tennessee in january of 1862. They had bought land on stones river to live and buil houses for their family, and so on.
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Mothers death
Catherine Reed died in 1862. The cause of death is unknown. Josiah stopped writing for a while because he was of course, sad his mother died. -
when he enlisted into the army. (union)
He was 30 years old when he enlisted as a private on august 24, 1862. He was mustered into company I, 94th ohio infantrry.
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Wounded during battle of Stones River In Tennessee.
josiah was fighting in the battle of Stones River in Tennessee where he was wounded in action.After recovering, he spent a great deal of time working in the hospital. In nashville, tennessee. He was shot in the arm, and was tooken the hospital that he would soon work at and pursue the medical field.http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/battle-of-stones-river/speeches -
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Enlistment process today vs back then
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The first Letter Nashville, Tenn.
On april, Josiah senthis first letter to his friend lizzie just to tell her his role in the war, how its going , etc.
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2nd letter
Josiah was in the middle of a rumor that was being said about the rebels, that they were going to make their way to fight. They have already recieved many wounded and in need of soldiers to be strong during the fight. All of the doctors and nurses needed more help with the soldiers that kept getting wounded duringthe battle.http://www.civilwararchive.com/LETTERS/Reed1.htm#51463 -
The Third Letter Nashville Tenn.http://www.civilwararchive.com/LETTERS/Reed1.htm#52763
Reed sent a letter to Lizzie telling her about all the people that have died so far that couldn't been cured or bodies that weren't able to be found. He also tells her of what he himself has lost in the battle, like all his friends, his mother and also his sister. Josiah feels depressed by what he sees of many people dying one after another and he worries about all those families at home wondering about their loved one's in the battlefield, but not knowing how most of them are dead. -
The fourth Letter Nashville Tenn.
In this letter, Reed tells her about the situation in camp, and how it is impossible for everyone to go home at once. He told her about the bloody bodies laying on the ground. He wrote this letter in nashville tennessee. http://www.civilwararchive.com/LETTERS/Reed1.htm#72163 -
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the 5th letterhttp://www.civilwararchive.com/LETTERS/Reed1.htm#123164
In this letter ,Reed is talking about the memories him and Lizzie and him had. When he wrote this letter, snow was 3 feet deep there. he was talking about an extra dinner, but it never happened. He is talking about how he didnt get any presents for christmas. He does not talk about a lot of battle in this letter, its mostly christmas stuff and memories. -
The sixth letter , Nashville, tenn.
In this letter, Josiah is talking about how the war is about to end and how he is going to have a whole new different life.
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mustered out may 16, 1865. Nashville tenn.
He was mustered out. he won the war, and when he mustered out, he became a doctor agaain, whith his future wife. -
The End
In 1865, in Nashville, reed was out of service in battle. Once he got back home, Reed went to the university of nashville and went to Bellevue Hospital Medical College in New York to study medicine.http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/appomattox-court-house -
The 7th letterhttp://www.civilwararchive.com/LETTERS/Reed1.htm#52065
On this letter, Reed is telling all the things that the soldiers and other workers went through in the War, are now most serving them something new. He is retelling the whole war, the situations, the wounded, and how now they are all back homes and families and starting new and clean. " They salute those who didnt make it". -
Summary of his Lifehttp://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/appomattox-court-house
Josiah was born to Samuel C. and Catharine (browning) Reed on September 8, 1831. During the Civil War, he served with Company I of the 94th Ohio Infantry regiment. He fought battles in Middle and East Tennessee including the battle of stones river and the batttle of chattanooga. He also developed an interest in medicine during the war, after being shot in the arm at the battle of stones river. When he eas wounded, he was sent to a hospital in Nashville. He got married and died on february 7 1884 -
Mail
In 1868, the paymaster general sent Reed a letter that gave him the money he deserved from fighting in the civil war. The money was later used for Josiah Reeds burial.
http://dlc.lib.utk.edu/spc/view?docId=ead/0012_002568_000000_0000/0012_002568_000000_0000.xml
