A&M 3482W.S. Newton, Army Surgeon, Civil War Letter, 1864 A&M 3482Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia and Regional History Center

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-08-30 07:27:12 -0400.EnglishDescribing Archives: A Content Standard West Virginia and Regional History Center W.S. Newton, Army Surgeon, Civil War Letter Newton, W.S., Surgeon A&M 3482 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/2/resources/1827 0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 1/4 in. 1864 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. 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/ English Conditions Governing Access

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Newton, W.S., Surgeon, 1864.