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- Correspondence from John Bennitt of Centreville, Michigan to his wife Charlotte, July 29, 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:
- 1863-07-29T00:00:00Z
- 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.
- Notes:
- Correspondence from surgeon John Bennitt of Centreville, Michigan to his wife Charlotte, June 26, 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:
- 1864-06-26T00:00:00Z
- 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.
- Notes:
- Handwritten letter and envelope with transcript by Agnes Van Der Weide to Joe Olexa, dated December 12, 1944. The envelope is sent from 1913 Berkley Ave. S.W., Grand Rapids, Michigan, dated December 13, 1944. In the letter, Agnes tells Joe how much she misses and loves him and dreams of their future children.
- Date Created:
- 1944-12-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Collection:
- Veterans History Project (U.S.)
- Notes:
- Handwritten V-Mail letter and envelope with transcript by Joe Olexa to Agnes Van Der Weide, dated November 26, 1943. The envelope is sent from Co. L, 26th Infantry A.P.O.-1, c/o Postmaster New York, New York, dated December 11, 1943. In the V-Mail letter, Joe writes a brief message to Agnes on the day after Thanksgiving hoping she is in good health and that she enjoyed the holiday spent with family.
- Date Created:
- 1943-11-26T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Collection:
- Veterans History Project (U.S.)
- Notes:
- Correspondence from surgeon John Bennitt of Centreville, Michigan to his wife Charlotte, June 24, 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:
- 1864-06-24T00:00:00Z
- 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.
- Notes:
- Letter to Jean Worthington by Edward "Ned" Manley, April 04, 1945. Manley notes that he just returned from a ten mile march. He and his regiment also have not been getting a lot of sleep.
- Date Created:
- 1945-04-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- Handwritten V-Mail letter and envelope with transcript by Joe Olexa to Agnes Van Der Weide, dated July 18, 1943. The envelope is sent from Co. L, 26th Infantry A.P.O.-1, c/o Postmaster New York, New York, dated July 30, 1943. In the V-Mail letter, Joe informs Agnes that he has been on special duty for two months and that it will be quite a while before he is able to return home to the United States.
- Date Created:
- 1943-07-18T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Collection:
- Veterans History Project (U.S.)
- Notes:
- Handwritten V-Mail letter and envelope with transcript by Joe Olexa to Agnes Van Der Weide, dated January 23, 1944. The envelope is sent from Co. L, 26th Infantry A.P.O.-1, c/o Postmaster New York, New York, dated February 1, 1944. In the V-Mail letter, Joe writes to Agnes on a rainy Sunday and shares his news for the day including a recent visit to church for their Sunday service and hearing from his sister Helen about her holidays back home. He also inquires about the popular songs from the Hit parade, which he misses hearing without a radio while stationed overseas.
- Date Created:
- 1944-01-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Collection:
- Veterans History Project (U.S.)
- Notes:
- Correspondence from John Bennitt of Centreville, Michigan to his wife Charlotte, November 17, 1861. During this time, Bennitt is enrolled in classes in the Department of Medicine and Surgery at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. This group of letters is transcribed and footnoted in Chapter 1 of I Hope to Do My Country Service.
- Date Created:
- 1861-11-17T00:00:00Z
- 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 of correspondence and diaries published by Wayne State University Press, Detroit, 2005.
- Notes:
- Correspondence from John Bennitt to his wife Charlotte, December 4, 1862. During this time, Bennitt enlists as an assistant surgeon in the 19th Michigan Infantry. Bennitt_s regiment moves from Dowagiac, Michigan to Cincinnati, where it joins General Granger_s Army of Kentucky at Covington. Bennitt describes their march to Lexington and Nicholasville. During this time in Kentucky, Bennitt is placed in charge of the divisional hospital. Their Centreville home is lost through forclosure and his family moves to Three Rivers, Michigan to stay with friends. This group of letters is transcribed and footnoted in Chapter 2 of I Hope to Do My Country Service.
- Date Created:
- 1862-12-04T00:00:00Z
- 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.
