Dr. John Stearns, Jr., letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Written from the Hammond General Hospital, where Gibbons had worked as a nurse during the Civil War. Discusses recent events at the hospital, including the poor conduct of an officer [?] named Brown and the soldiers' treatment of the Contraband (a term used during the Civil War to refer to formerly enslaved people who had escaped to Union lines).
Stearns, John, 1827-1898
1863-03-20
4 pages
reformatted digital
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, SFHL-RG5-174
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, SFHL-RG5-174 --http://archives.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/resources/5174ahgi
A00181593
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Dr. John Stearns, Jr., letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Written from the Hammond General Hospital, where Gibbons had worked as a nurse during the Civil War. Discusses recent events at the hospital, including the poor conduct of an officer [?] named Brown and the soldiers' treatment of the Contraband (a term used during the Civil War to refer to formerly enslaved people who had escaped to Union lines).
Stearns, John, 1827-1898
1863-03-20
4 pages
reformatted digital
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, SFHL-RG5-174
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, SFHL-RG5-174 --http://archives.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/resources/5174ahgi
A00181593