John Bennitt to his wife [Letter 089]

Notes:

Correspondence from John Bennitt of Centreville, Michigan to his wife Charlotte, August 16, 1863. During this time, Bennitt leaves Nashville, Tennessee to rejoin Rosecrans_s Army of the Cumberland as it begins the Tullahome campaign against Bragg_s Confederates. Bennitt is promoted to regiment surgeon and is stationed in Murfreesboro. He reports on camp life, condition of patients, and local and national news. This group of letters is transcribed and footnoted in Chapter 4 of I Hope to Do My Country Service.

Date Created:

1863-08-16T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Grand Valley State University. University Libraries

Collection:

I Hope to Do My Country Service: the Civil War letters of John Bennitt, M.D., Surgeon, 19th Michigan Infantry, part of collection with diaries published by Wayne State University Press, Detroit, 2005.

Subject Topic:

Bennitt, John, United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 19th (1862-1865), Surgeons, Correspondence, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical care, United States. Army. Corps, 20th, Michigan, and Tennessee

Language:

eng

Rights:

<a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en">No Copyright - United States</a>

URL:

https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/9554