Letter from Joseph H. McCormick to L. S. Joynes, 1864 October 14

Authors

Joseph H. McCormick

Files

Personal Name Recipient

Joynes, L. S. (Levin Smith)

Date

1864-10-14

Description

Letter from Joseph A. McCormick to L. S. Joynes requesting information on his application for a transfer to Richmond.

Transcription

Near Petersburg Oct[ober] 14th 1864 L[evin] S[mith] Joynes M.D. Richmond Va. Dear Sir On the 11th inst[ant] I forwarded you my application to Surg[eon] Gen[era]l to be trans- fered to Richmond so that I might be able to attend your med[ical] school. If you have not presented it to the Surg[eon] Gen[era]l please return it: unless you think my chance is very good in obtaining it. But if you have will you be so kind as to inform me the result of his endorsement. Anxiously awaiting your reply. I am Dr. Very Respectfully Jos[eph] H. McCormick Hosp[ital] Stew[ar]d 48th G[eorgi]a Reg[imen]t [Marginal Note:] address 48th Ga Reg[imen]t Wright's Brig[ade] A[rmy] [of] N[orthern]. Va Jos[eph] H. McCormick Hospital Steward 48th G[eorgi]a Reg[imen]t Aug. 13th 1864 Desiring a transfer to Richmond to attend Medical Lectures

Corporate Name Subject

Medical College of Virginia -- History -- 19th century

Topical Subject

Medical colleges -- Virginia -- Richmond -- History -- Archives

Geographic Subject

Richmond (Va.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Archives

Corporate Medical Subject

Medical College of Virginia -- history

Topical Medical Subject

Schools, Medical -- history -- Virginia

City/Location

Richmond (Va.)

Original Item Size

2 p.

Genre

letters (correspondence)

Local Genre

text; archives

Type

Text

Digital Format

application/pdf

Rights Statement URL

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Rights

This material is in the public domain in the United States and thus is free of any copyright restriction. Acknowledgement of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested.

Collection

Sanger Historical Files (1859-1865), Excerpts

Physical Folder

Civil War Hospital Stewards

Source

Original letter: Letter from Joseph H. McCormick to L. S. Joynes, 1864 October 14; War, Civil Hospital Stewards; Sanger Historical Files, Accession Number # 82/Jan/1, Special Collections and Archives, VCU Health Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va.

File Name

san_cwstewards_18641014.pdf