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Box 1

 Container

Contains 1 Result:

Letter from C.H. Alden, Assistant Surgeon General, U.S. Army to Major J. Van R. Hoff, Vancouver Barracks, Washington (November 5, 1897) about the setting up of a prize in memory of Alexander H. Hoff; Letter from C. H. Alden, Assistant Surgeon General, U.S. Army, President, Army Medical School, to the Surgeon General of the Army, transmitting a resolution of thanks of the faculty of the Army Medical School to Major J. Van R. Hoff, for the provision of a gold medal in honor of his father; Army and Navy Register, Washington (June 5, 1909), 1897; 1909

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Identifier: 9803059X18
Collection Summary From the Collection: Contains correspondence, drawings, photographs, and background documents on Hoff's military service during the Civil War. Includes discussion on the need for amputations, the use of calomel, the use of hospital ships (especially the D.A. January and the J.K. Barnes) for the transportation of the sick and wounded, and biographical information on Hoff. Correspondents include Alden March, John Shaw...
Dates: 1897; 1909