John Bennitt to his wife [Letter 155]

Notes:
Correspondence from surgeon John Bennitt of Centreville, Michigan to his wife Charlotte, May 9, 10, 11 and 18, 1864. During this time, Bennitt_s regiment is ordered south toward Chattanooga to join other Union regiments for what will become General Sherman_s Atlanta campaign. The 19th Michigan is assigned to the 20th Army Corps under General Hooker and sees action in Georgia. Bennitt is assigned to the Corps, Brigade, and Division hospitals. This group of letters is transcribed and footnoted in Chapter 7 of I Hope to Do My Country Service.
Date Created:
1864-05-09T00:00:00Z
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, Slavery, Georgia, Michigan, and Tennessee
Language:
eng
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<a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en">No Copyright - United States</a>
URL:
https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/9619