2020-09 Putnal
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/26/2020
War-date Confederate surgeon's, 1p. 4to. letter by Surgeon William Hay, as surgeon in charge, "Gen'l. Hospital," Staunton, Va., Oct. 2, 1862, to future brigadier general, Staunton post commander Col. Henry B. Davidson, reading, in part: "I have been informed that immense numbers of wounded are coming up the Valley…I am too unwell to leave the house. It will be…utterly impossible to keep them here…Dr. Douglas will consult with you on the best plan of taking care of them and sending them off…Wm. Hay, Surgeon in charge." Negligible scrap album residue on verso, else VG.
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