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Personal Name Recipient
Joynes, L. S. (Levin Smith)
Date
1864-11-04
Description
Letter from E. V. Steadman to L. S. Joynes requesting that his application for transfer be presented to the Surgeon General.
Transcription
Camp near Petersburg Nov {1864} 4th Dr. L[evin] S[mith] Joynes Dear Sir Inclosed I send you an application to attened lectures in the medical college at Rich- mond this winter. You will confer a great favour by presenting the applica- tion to the Surgeon Gen[era]l and suppose he will make the neccessary arrangements for me to accomplish the end desired. I have attended one course and am excee- dingly desirous to graduate. I am not able for any heavy duty now in consequence of a would recieved about three months back. I am now hospital Steward for our command, and have just learned that all hospital Stewards will be allowed to attend lectures this winter if they have attended a course previous to this time. Please attend to the matter and greatly oblidge. Your most recprectfully E[lliott] V[inson] Steadman [Addressed:] [Direct?] Co[mpany] B. 6th S[outh] C[arolina] Cavalry Butler's brigade Petersburg Va. Camp near Petersburg Nov {1864} 4th Dr. L[evin] S[mith] Joynes Dear Sir Inclosed I send you an application to attened lectures in the medical college at Rich- mond this winter. You will confer a great favour by presenting the applica- tion to the Surgeon Gen[era]l and suppose he will make the neccessary arrangements for me to accomplish the end desired. I have attended one course and am excee- dingly desirous to graduate. I am not able for any heavy duty now in consequence of a would recieved about three months back. I am now hospital Steward for our command, and have just learned that all hospital Stewards will be allowed to attend lectures this winter if they have attended a course previous to this time. Please attend to the matter and greatly oblidge. Your most recprectfully E[lliott] V[inson] Steadman [Addressed:] [Direct?] Co[mpany] B. 6th S[outh] C[arolina] Cavalry Butler's brigade Petersburg Va.
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
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 E. V. Steadman to L. S. Joynes, 1864 November 4; 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.
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san_cwstewards_18641104.pdf
