Bennitt, John
United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 19th (1862-1865)
Surgeons
Correspondence
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical care
United States. Army. Corps, 20th
Michigan
Kentucky
Ohio
Correspondence from John Bennitt to his wife Charlotte, October 12, 1862. During this time, Bennitt enlists as an assistant surgeon in the 19th Michigan Infantry. Bennitt_s regiment moves from Dowagiac, Michigan to Cincinnati, where it joins General Granger_s Army of Kentucky at Covington. Bennitt describes their march to Lexington and Nicholasville. During this time in Kentucky, Bennitt is placed in charge of the divisional hospital. Their Centreville home is lost through forclosure and his family moves to Three Rivers, Michigan to stay with friends. This group of letters is transcribed and footnoted in Chapter 2 of I Hope to Do My Country Service.
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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.
Correspondence from John Bennitt to his wife Charlotte, October 5, 1862. During this time, Bennitt enlists as an assistant surgeon in the 19th Michigan Infantry. Bennitt_s regiment moves from Dowagiac, Michigan to Cincinnati, where it joins General Granger_s Army of Kentucky at Covington. Bennitt describes their march to Lexington and Nicholasville. During this time in Kentucky, Bennitt is placed in charge of the divisional hospital. Their Centreville home is lost through forclosure and his family moves to Three Rivers, Michigan to stay with friends. This group of letters is transcribed and footnoted in Chapter 2 of I Hope to Do My Country Service.
Indiana
Correspondence from John Bennitt to his wife Charlotte, September 26, 1862. During this time, Bennitt enlists as an assistant surgeon in the 19th Michigan Infantry. Bennitt_s regiment moves from Dowagiac, Michigan to Cincinnati, where it joins General Granger_s Army of Kentucky at Covington. Bennitt describes their march to Lexington and Nicholasville. During this time in Kentucky, Bennitt is placed in charge of the divisional hospital. Their Centreville home is lost through forclosure and his family moves to Three Rivers, Michigan to stay with friends. This group of letters is transcribed and footnoted in Chapter 2 of I Hope to Do My Country Service.
Correspondence from John Bennitt to his wife Charlotte, September 21, 1862. During this time, Bennitt enlists as an assistant surgeon in the 19th Michigan Infantry. Bennitt_s regiment moves from Dowagiac, Michigan to Cincinnati, where it joins General Granger_s Army of Kentucky at Covington. Bennitt describes their march to Lexington and Nicholasville. During this time in Kentucky, Bennitt is placed in charge of the divisional hospital. Their Centreville home is lost through forclosure and his family moves to Three Rivers, Michigan to stay with friends. This group of letters is transcribed and footnoted in Chapter 2 of I Hope to Do My Country Service.
Correspondence from John Bennitt to his wife Charlotte, September 16, 1862. During this time, Bennitt enlists as an assistant surgeon in the 19th Michigan Infantry. Bennitt_s regiment moves from Dowagiac, Michigan to Cincinnati, where it joins General Granger_s Army of Kentucky at Covington. Bennitt describes their march to Lexington and Nicholasville. During this time in Kentucky, Bennitt is placed in charge of the divisional hospital. Their Centreville home is lost through forclosure and his family moves to Three Rivers, Michigan to stay with friends. This group of letters is transcribed and footnoted in Chapter 2 of I Hope to Do My Country Service.
Correspondence from John Bennitt to his wife Charlotte, September 10, 1862. During this time, Bennitt enlists as an assistant surgeon in the 19th Michigan Infantry. Bennitt_s regiment moves from Dowagiac, Michigan to Cincinnati, where it joins General Granger_s Army of Kentucky at Covington. Bennitt describes their march to Lexington and Nicholasville. During this time in Kentucky, Bennitt is placed in charge of the divisional hospital. Their Centreville home is lost through forclosure and his family moves to Three Rivers, Michigan to stay with friends. This group of letters is transcribed and footnoted in Chapter 2 of I Hope to Do My Country Service.
Correspondence from John Bennitt to his wife Charlotte, August 21, 1862. During this time, Bennitt enlists as an assistant surgeon in the 19th Michigan Infantry. Bennitt_s regiment moves from Dowagiac, Michigan to Cincinnati, where it joins General Granger_s Army of Kentucky at Covington. Bennitt describes their march to Lexington and Nicholasville. During this time in Kentucky, Bennitt is placed in charge of the divisional hospital. Their Centreville home is lost through forclosure and his family moves to Three Rivers, Michigan to stay with friends. This group of letters is transcribed and footnoted in Chapter 2 of I Hope to Do My Country Service.
Ann Arbor (Mich.)
Centreville (Mich.)
Port Huron (Mich.)
Correspondence from John Bennitt of Centreville, Michigan to his wife Charlotte, July 7, 1862, from Port Huron after leaving Ann Arbor, Michigan where he was enrolled in classes in the Department of Medicine and Surgery at the University of Michigan. Bennitt considered setting up a medical practice prior to enlisting. This group of letters is transcribed and footnoted in Chapter 1 of I Hope to Do My Country Service.
University of Michigan
Correspondence from John Bennitt of Centreville, Michigan to his wife Charlotte, January 10, 1862. During this time, Bennitt is enrolled in classes in the Department of Medicine and Surgery at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. This group of letters is transcribed and footnoted in Chapter 1 of I Hope to Do My Country Service.
Correspondence from John Bennitt of Centreville, Michigan to his wife Charlotte, January 8, 1962. During this time, Bennitt is enrolled in classes in the Department of Medicine and Surgery at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. This group of letters is transcribed and footnoted in Chapter 1 of I Hope to Do My Country Service.
Correspondence from John Bennitt of Centreville, Michigan to his wife Charlotte, January 5, 1862. During this time, Bennitt is enrolled in classes in the Department of Medicine and Surgery at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. This group of letters is transcribed and footnoted in Chapter 1 of I Hope to Do My Country Service.
Milton A. Welch to his mother, Sep. 24, 1860
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 50th (1861-1865)
City Point (Hopewell, Va.)
Parishville (N.Y.)
A letter from Milton A. Welch to his mother describing the camp at City Point, Va. with the New York 50th Infantry Regiment and updating her on recent events.
Welch, Milton A.
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Correspondence from John Bennitt of Centreville, Michigan to his wife Charlotte, January 1, 1862. During this time, Bennitt is enrolled in classes in the Department of Medicine and Surgery at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. This group of letters is transcribed and footnoted in Chapter 1 of I Hope to Do My Country Service.
Harriet Lundy from Thomas Lundy, Oct. 9, 1862
Cincinnati (Ohio)
Lawrenceburg (Ind.)
Letter from Thomas Lundy, a soldier in the Michigan 19th Infantry, describing his time in a Cincinnati hospital.
Lundy, Thomas
Betsy Kinsley from Charlie Kinsley, Jun. 9, 1861
United States. Army. Michigan Cavalry Regiment, 4th (1862-1865)
Romeo (Mich.)
New London (Ohio)
Letter written by a guitar player performing with a traveling circus in Michigan. The band plays for the 4th Michigan Regiment.
Kinsley, Charlie
Correspondence from John Bennitt of Centreville, Michigan to his wife Charlotte, December 29, 1861. During this time, Bennitt is enrolled in classes in the Department of Medicine and Surgery at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. This group of letters is transcribed and footnoted in Chapter 1 of I Hope to Do My Country Service.
Voucher to 1st Lieut. Charles T. Bissell, 5th Michigan Infantry
United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 5th (1861-1865)
Voucher to 1st Lieut. Charles T. Bissell of the 5th Michigan Infantry, paid July 17, 1863.
United States. Army
Bissell, Charles T.
Correspondence from John Bennitt of Centreville, Michigan to his wife Charlotte, December 27, 1861. During this time, Bennitt is enrolled in classes in the Department of Medicine and Surgery at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. This group of letters is transcribed and footnoted in Chapter 1 of I Hope to Do My Country Service.
Correspondence from John Bennitt of Centreville, Michigan to his wife Charlotte, December 22, 1861. During this time, Bennitt is enrolled in classes in the Department of Medicine and Surgery at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. This group of letters is transcribed and footnoted in Chapter 1 of I Hope to Do My Country Service.
Certificate of discharge and voucher for payment of Pvt. John B. Maloney, 5th Michigan Infantry
Certificate of discharge of Pvt. John B. Maloney of Capt. Sherlock's Company A of the 5th Regiment of Infantry Volunteers of the State of Michigan. Maloney, a laborer, joined the Regiment in Ft. Wayne Michigan, and was discharged with surgeon's certificate of disability. Voucher for payment of services, paid Feb. 25, 1863.
United States. Army. Pay Department
Maloney, John B.
Correspondence from John Bennitt of Centreville, Michigan to his wife Charlotte, December 19, 1861. During this time, Bennitt is enrolled in classes in the Department of Medicine and Surgery at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. This group of letters is transcribed and footnoted in Chapter 1 of I Hope to Do My Country Service.
Correspondence from John Bennitt of Centreville, Michigan to his wife Charlotte, December 15, 1861. During this time, Bennitt is enrolled in classes in the Department of Medicine and Surgery at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. This group of letters is transcribed and footnoted in Chapter 1 of I Hope to Do My Country Service.
Voucher to Capt. Judson S. Farrar, 5th Michigan Infantry
Voucher to Capt. Judson S. Farrar of Company B, 5th Michigan Infantry, paid Sept. 4, 1861.
Farrar, Judson S.