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Tablets for field hospitals at Gettysburg / Louis C. Duncan

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 242

Collection Summary

Typescript, with manuscript notes. Captain Duncan's suggested captions for prospective historical tablets marking U.S. Army Medical Corps hospitals at ten sites on the Gettysburg battlefield. Includes the names of medical officers at each hospital. Handwritten comments suggest the location for each tablet.

Dates

  • Creation: 1914

Extent

0.21 Linear Feet (1 box)

Creator

Physical Location

Materials stored onsite.

Language of Materials

Collection materials primarily in English

Restrictions

Collection is not restricted. Contact the Reference Staff for information regarding access.

Copyright

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Biographical Note

Captain Louis Caspar Duncan (1869- ) was an assistant surgeon with the U.S. Army Medical Corps.

Duncan wrote Medical department of the United States army in the Civil War [1912-14] and Medical men in the American Revolution (1931).

Collection Summary

Typescript, with manuscript notes. Captain Duncan's suggested captions for prospective historical tablets marking U.S. Army Medical Corps hospitals at ten sites on the Gettysburg battlefield. Includes the names of medical officers at each hospital. Handwritten comments suggest the location for each tablet.
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