John Bennitt to his wife [Letter 045]
Correspondence from John Bennitt of Centreville, Michigan to his wife Charlotte, January 3, 1863. During this time, Bennitt works as a hospital surgeon and treats the wounded of the Battle of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He is reassigned to the 19th regiment, and is captured by the Confederates and spends time as a prisoner of war in Richmond. After his release, he goes to Camp Chase in Columbus, Ohio. This group of letters is transcribed and footnoted in Chapter 3 of I Hope to Do My Country Service.
1863-01-03
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
I Hope to Do My Country Service: the Civil War letters of John Bennitt, M.D., Surgeon, 19th Michigan Infantry, part of collection with diaries published by Wayne State University Press, Detroit, 2005.
RHC-43_JB045
eng
Bennitt, John, “John Bennitt to his wife [Letter 045],” Digital Collections, accessed December 21, 2024, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/9512.