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Bennitt, John

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1864-06-09

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Correspondence from surgeon John Bennitt of Centreville, Michigan to his wife Charlotte, June 9 and 13, 1864. During this time, Bennitt_s regiment is ordered south toward Chattanooga to join other Union regiments for what will become General Sherman_s Atlanta campaign. The 19th Michigan is assigned to the 20th Army Corps under General Hooker and sees action in Georgia. Bennitt is assigned to the Corps, Brigade, and Division hospitals. This group of letters is transcribed and footnoted in Chapter 7 of I Hope to Do My Country Service.

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