John Bennitt to his wife [Letter 098]

Notes:

Correspondence from surgeon John Bennitt of Centreville, Michigan to his wife Charlotte, September 27, 28 and 29, 1863. During this time, Bennitt_s regiment is ordered to McMinnville, Tennessee, to garrison the town on a Confederate communications route. Bennitt tours the Stones River battlefield and reports on the conditions of the people of Tennessee, and the formation of U.S. Colored Infantry regiments. This group of letters is transcribed and footnoted in Chapter 5 of I Hope to Do My Country Service. Michigan Tennessee

Date Created:

1863-09-27T00:00:00Z

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/9563