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E. W. Johns letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0757
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Scope and Contents note

A letter dated 20 August 1863, from Johns in Richmond, to Messers M. and E. Myers, Petersburg, Virginia, requesting them to deliver whiskey to the Confederate Army's medical department.

Dates

  • Creation: 1863 August 20

Biographical/Historical note

E. W. Johns was born in Maryland in 1827. Prior to the Civil War, he served in the United States Army as a surgeon and was part of the garrison stationed in the Milam and Williamson District in Texas in 1850 and was the Post Surgeon at Fort Laramie, Nebraska in 1860. During the Civil War he served as Surgeon and Medical Purveyor for the Confederate States Army in Richmond, Virginia. He died in Richmond in June of 1892 at the age of 66.

Extent

0.1 Linear Feet (1 item, 1 piece)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

A letter dated 20 August 1863, from Johns in Richmond, to Messers M. and E. Myers, Petersburg, Virginia, requesting them to deliver whiskey to the Confederate Army's medical department.

Provenance

Unknown

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Title
Guide to the E.W. Johns Letter
Status
Completed
Date
December 2009
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections Repository

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