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to Kitty
21 July 1862
Morse, Justus, fl. 1861-1864
He is currently in the state hospital serving as a nurse. He claims he is pretty good about it. There is no fighting going on at present.
GLC02170.12
26 August 1862
He is still in the hospital acting as a nurse. The work is dull and he does not get to see what is going on.He describes how the ladies from the city come in often to visit the sick.
GLC02170.14
to Catherine (Kitty)
2 November 1862
The hospital has moved down on the banks of the river. The nuns left but not before converting a couple of the boys. He thinks she must be lonesome now that most of the boys have left.
GLC02170.16
to Henry F. McSherry
19 August 1864
St. John, Sister, fl. 1864
Written by "Sister St. John," who was working at the naval hospital in Memphis. References McSherry's letter of 30 July 1864. Says she is glad he is happy with "the change" - a reference to his apparent transfer from Memphis - and says he is missed...
GLC03523.21.30
Petition to P.J.D. Irwin
March 11, 1864
Chaplain Association of Memphis
Petition to Army Surgeon P.J.D. Irwin re: attesting to church's Confederate leanings. With endorsement of surgeons in charge of U.S. general military hospitals (11 March 1864) and AES of P.J.D. Irwin (14 March 1864).
GLC04813.02
to Isora Sayles
circa 1862-1865
Sayles, Sumner, fl. 1862-1868
Writes to his sister from a camp two miles outside of Memphis, Tennessee. Mentions having some hard marches since they have been there. Comments that they have marched some 200 miles. Thanks her or his father (he does not know which one) for...
GLC03523.32.07
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