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Circular from Medical Diretcor
March 29, 1863
Boucher, J.W., fl. 1863
4. 3 p. + docket. 24.8x19.6 cm. Branch, J.H. ALS: Headquarters of the Department of the Tennessee, to L.D. Kellog and H.M. Herman. 13 April 1863.
GLC04042.03.04
Commission of John W. Henly
7 November 1862
Yates, Richard, 1815-1873
5. 2 p. 25x19.5 cm. Kemble AL: Vicksburg, Mississippi to "Medical Inspector U.S.A." This certificate states that J.W. Henly has had a protracted and sporatic fever, and should be granted a leave of absence. This motion is seconded on the back...
GLC04042.03.05
to Elizabeth Smith and children
1863/1/10
Smith, David V.M., 1823-1863
The army is still in the same location and is in a state of suspense concerning what will happen next. General Burnside announced a Grand Review which was canceled due to rain. One man in the regiment contracted small pox. The doctors isolated him...
GLC04189.23
[Collection of G. W. Buntly, A company, 41st regiment, Tennessee, infantry] [Decimalized .01-.11]
1862-1864
Buntly, G.W., fl. 1862-1864
The George W. Buntly collection of Civil War correspondence is primarily composed of letters written by Confederate infantryman Buntly to his brothers, William and Jacob. For most of the war both brothers are located in Lincoln County, Tennessee, but...
GLC04190
to William Buntly
January 13, 1863
Discusses fighting at Vicksburg and smallpox in his regiment.
GLC04190.03
to Jacob Buntly
January 26, 1863
Predicts a battle soon at Port Hudson, Louisiana. Mentions smallpox.
GLC04190.04
to Mary Moore Kelly
21 September 1863
Moore, John, 1826-1907
He has received a letter from Hyde about his investment with the Tolland County Bank in Connecticut. They have passed through the season without a yellow fever epidemic. The dismissal of the Surgeon General may affect his own orders. Dr. William A...
GLC04195.20
August 24, 1866
A cholera epidemic has hit the soldiers and has kept him busy in the hospital. He remarks about their brother Robert and his poor condition since remaining in the South to practice medicine, marry, etc. Written on letterhead for the Headquarters...
GLC04195.43
[Collection of James R. Kelly, K company, 14th regiment, Indiana, infantry] [Decimalized .01-.42]
1861-1862
Kelly, James R., fl. 1861-1862
The Captain James R. Kelly collection of Civil War correspondence contains 42 items. Kelly served with Company K of the 14th Regiment Indiana Volunteers from 1861 until his death on 8 May 1862. He saw action at Cheat Mountain and in the Shenandoah...
GLC04197
to James R. Kelly
1862/01/11
Kelly, Mary, fl. 1862
She does not like the idea of him boarding with "secesh" women and warms him that Southern women are the sort who would "put a stricknin[e] in something for seasoning." She heard General Joseph J. Reynolds resigned and may be replaced with Rosecrans...
GLC04197.11
to unknown
1862/04/04
She describes the immense suffering in the hospital and the fact that nearly all amputees have died. She dislikes Miss Dix's nurses, and of the Quaker ladies, Mary has nothing but admiration.
GLC04197.27
to Mary Kelly
1862/05/16
Brown, Ann H., fl. 1862
Responds to a letter she received in April. She hopes Mr. Kelly's condition has improve since being moved from Winchester. Mentions the Sisters of Mercy. She thinks the patients who were moved from Union hospitals to Seminary hospitals do much...
GLC04197.35
to Mary (Wright) Kellogg
10 November 1861
Blanchard, Ira, 1835-?
Blanchard writes to Mary Wright from a hospital in Mound City, Illinois. Reports he has been sick with fever for six weeks. Says the hospital is three stories high and capable of treating 6000 patients. Comments that war "...tries men's souls."...
GLC03523.31.10
25 December 1861
Blanchard writes to Mary Wright from Camp Lyon in Illinois. Apologizes for using the word "love" in his letters to her. Responds to her inquiry about the hospital in Cairo, Illinois. Expresses doubt that the rumors of poor treatment for the soldiers...
GLC03523.31.11
to Isora Sayles
February 22, 1863
Sayles, Sumner, fl. 1862-1868
Informs his sister about the men in camp. Writes of one man who is really sick in the hospital and of another who had "yelow janders" [yellow jaundice?]. Comments that several of the boys have had it. Describes his camp as being low and flat and...
GLC03523.32.06
to Isora Skinkle
14 June 1864
Writes to his sister. Reports on the casualties they received during a recent battle. Discusses the various men that were either killed or wounded, including their colonel. Describes his colonel as being one of the best and that "some of the boys...
GLC03523.32.35
to Mary
6 December 1862
Fuller, Franklin W., fl. 1861-1865
Writes that Hayden is getting better and that his own health is improving daily. He is able to walk much better as well and thinks that he can start to march again soon. States that he will not leave Hayden until he is better or forced to do so. The...
GLC03523.42.19
26 April 1863
Written at camp near Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He has enclosed five dollars in each of his last letters for her. He has also mailed her his "likeness" [picture] and a few pages from his diary. Writes that he is feeling well and that he understands why...
GLC03523.42.21
to her brother
1861-1865
Hogeland, Sally W., fl. 1861-1865
Written at Granby. Starts the letter by stating that no important events have taken place since she last wrote and that the world is "jogging on about the same pace." They are all glad that he is well and they have heard rumors of another battle. She...
GLC03523.42.63
to Hannah E. Russell
February 5, 1862
Russell, E. S., fl. 1861-1862
Writes to his wife listing everywhere they have been. They marched out of Bargetown, Kentucky on 13 December heading for Lebanon, Kentucky. Around 80 soldiers fell sick and had to stay behind. Writes that he fell sick and was told by the doctor to...
GLC03523.50.07
February 11, 1862
Informs wife that he is not well, says he has a bad cold and dysentery. Comments that he was able to march everyday carrying his gun while sick but could not carry his knapsack. The doctor had it carried in his wagon. Writes that he does not have...
GLC03523.50.08
February 21, 1862
Reports that he is not well and has been suffering from lung fever for the past eight days. Writes that he is slowly mending and can now walk around and eat a little. Comments that he is not in the general hospital but in a private house with 18...
GLC03523.50.09
11 April 1862
Letter is signed by Russell but written in the hand of John Vangordon, a fellow patient in the hospital. Informs his wife that he is too weak to write. Reports that he intended to go to Nashville, Tennessee but the doctor said that he was diseased...
GLC03523.50.13
13 April 1862
Bigalow, Marlin M., fl. 1862
Written by a nurse who cared for E. S. Russell at the Hospital. Informs Mrs. Russell that her husband, E. S. Russell, is very sick. Writes, "his case is almost a hopeless one...he cant live but a very few houres [sic] i wish you could be here and...
GLC03523.50.14
to Elizabeth N. Kessler
31 July 1863
Kessler, Thomas J., fl. 1843-1868
Writes to his sister from camp. Reports they buried a man yesterday who was killed in battle. They marched 30 miles to Ann Arbor, Michigan. Discusses visiting the Michigan Museum, the law department, and the medical department while in Ann Arbor....
GLC03523.52.05
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