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Autograph letter signed

11 October 1864

Cushing, H.C., fl. 1862

to mother

GLC03137.10

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Diary

1862

Cook, Henry, fl. 1862-1864

1862 Diary

Henry Cook writes daily entries on camp life, including rations, illness, gambling, picket duty, construction projects, pay, and promotions. He includes information on military actions (battles at Fort Donelson, Fort Macon, and [Pea?] Ridge), as well...

GLC03958.01

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Diary

1864

Cook, Henry, fl. 1862-1864

1864 Diary

In this diary, dated from January through November, 1864, Henry Cook documents life in the US Signal Corps. Stationed near New Bern, NC, Cook writes of matters of daily life--meals, rations, guard duty, trips to town, construction projects--and of...

GLC03958.03

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Autograph document signed

13 April 1863

McPherson, James Birdseye, 1828-1864

General Orders No. 25

Medical officers are assigned to duty.

GLC04042.03.01

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Autograph document signed

13 July 1864

McPherson, William, fl. 1781

Certificate of Leave of Absence

2. 3p. + docket. 24x19.5 cm. [Journey?] Point, La, [Marly] Mills to G.W. Eastman and H.W. Herman, General Surgeons of The 17th Corps and 2nd Brigade of the 6th Div. 29 May 1863. "Circular" from [Marly] Mills, Medical Director of the Department...

GLC04042.03.02

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Printed document

March 1863

Henly, John W., fl. 1861-1865

Report of Sick and Wounded

3. 4 p. 45x29 cm. Henly, John W. TDS: s.l. Report of Sick and Wounded in the 109th Illinois Regiment. March 1863.

GLC04042.03.03

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Autograph document signed

29 March 1863

Boucher, J.W., fl. 1863

Circular from Medical Diretcor

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

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Autograph document signed

7 November 1862

Yates, Richard, 1815-1873

Commission of John W. Henly

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