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Abstract
Telegraph transcripts of military orders and directives sent and received by Letterman during his Civil War service. The diaries describe a trip from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Union, N.M. and back. Evidence indicates that the diary was not kept by Letterman.
Dates
- Creation: 1860-1864; 1924; 1972
Extent
0.21 Linear Feet (1 box)
Creator
- Letterman, Jonathan, 1824-1872 (Person)
Physical Location
Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine
Language of Materials
Collection materials primarily in English
Access Restrictions
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Biographical Note
Pennsylvania native Jonathan Letterman, 1824-1872, graduated from Philadelphia's Jefferson Medical College in 1849. From 1849 to 1860 he served as an assistant surgeon for the Army Medical Department in Florida, Fort Ripley, Mn., Fort Defiance, N.M., and Fort Monroe, Va. When the Civil War began he was serving in California. In 1862 he was appointed Medical Director of the Army of the Potomac. In this capacity, Letterman reorganized medical treatment of wounded by establishing mobile field hospitals, triage, and efficient distribution of medical supplies. For this work, he became known as the father of battlefield medicine. He left the army in 1864, relocated to California and was coroner of San Francisco when he died.
Collection Summary
Telegraph transcripts of military orders and directives sent and received by Letterman during his Civil War service. Also includes letter from Surgeon General William A. Hammond declaring that Letterman was detailed for duty with the Army of the Potomac as medical director. The diaries describe a trip from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Union, N.M. and back. Evidence indicates that the diary was not kept by Letterman.
Abstract
Telegraph transcripts of military orders and directives sent and received by Letterman during his Civil War service. The diaries describe a trip from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Union, N.M. and back. Evidence indicates that the diary was not kept by Letterman.
Physical Location
Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine
Provenance
Unknown.
General
- Processed by
- HMD Staff
- Encoded by
- Jim Labosier
- Processing completed
- 2007
Creator
- Letterman, Jonathan, 1824-1872 (Person)
Subject
- Hammond, William Alexander, 1828-1900 (Person)
- Fort Leavenworth (Kan.) (Organization)
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Jonathan Letterman Correspondence and Diary, 1860-1864; 1924; 1972
- Status
- Unverified Partial Draft
- Author
- HMD Staff
- Date
- 2007
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English
- Edition statement
- 1.0
Collecting Area Details
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