W.S. Newton, Army Surgeon, Civil War Letter

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West Virginia and Regional History Center
West Virginia & Regional History Center
West Virginia University
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Morgantown, WV 26506
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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], W.S. Newton, Army Surgeon, Civil War Letter, A&M 3482, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 1/4 in.
Creator:
Newton, W.S., Surgeon
Abstract:
Four page letter regarding arrest of a Chief Army Surgeon for selling U.S. Army hospital stores to Winchester druggists; authored by Army Surgeon W.S. Newton to his wife from "Headquarters 2'nd Infantry Division Hospital, Army of West Virginia, Nov. 29, 1864." He writes: "The only thing of interest now is something repugnant to every honorable medical man's mind. It is the arrest of one of the most prominent of our medical officers, the Surgeon-in-Chief of our division. The Court to try the case convened today. J.M. Robinson [who] has messed and slept with me since Sept. is the man. While at Winchester, after the battle 19 September he was in charge of all hospitals of our corps, seven in all, and while there it seems, he sold the drugs and Hospital Stores drawn from the Medical purveyor to druggists of Winchester and committed other irregularities contrary to the good of the Service." etc.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], W.S. Newton, Army Surgeon, Civil War Letter, A&M 3482, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Background

Physical location:
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
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Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Names:
Newton, W.S., Surgeon, 1864.