Letter signed F.C. Ainsworth, War Department, Washington D.C., to Miss Phoebe W. Couzins, St. Louis. Informs her that the records of the War Department fail to show that J.E.D. Couzins was an officer in the military service of the United States during the Civil War. (2 pages), 1889 Nov 19

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3

Identifier: D00648

Staff Only

Letter signed F.C. Ainsworth, War Department, Washington D.C., to Miss Phoebe W. Couzins, St. Louis, November 19, 1889

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Couzins Family Papers contain papers relating to John E.D. Couzins’s efforts to hold Missouri in the Union during the Civil War, including letters, commissions, and a loyalty oath; papers relating to Mrs. Adaline Couzins’s work as a volunteer nurse during the Civil War, including printed memorials to the U.S. Senate, dated March 27, 1888, praising her work; papers relating to Phoebe Couzins, including articles and addresses by her; correspondence and articles regarding Couzins family history; and photocopies of newspaper clippings, many of which appear to have been copied from a family scrapbook, mostly relating to J.E.D. Couzins and Phoebe Couzins.