Four Civil War Nurse’s Letters
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Four Civil War Nurse’s Letters Three of the letters
are written to the wife of John S. Smith, 5th NY Cavalry
(dated July and August 1863) and one letter written to John S. Smith’s brother-in-law Lyman Williams dated October 13, 1864. Smith had survived Gettysburg only to be seriously wounded on July 6, 1863 at the battle of Hagerstown. He was shot in the arm, taken prisoner, and paroled without receiving any medical attention. Nurse Kate Updegraff and her husband took him into their home and nursed him and had him treated by their family physician, Dr. Claggett Dorsey. Dr. Dorsey was forced to provide medical treatment to the fleeing Confederate army during their retreat from
Gettysburg in 1863.
are written to the wife of John S. Smith, 5th NY Cavalry
(dated July and August 1863) and one letter written to John S. Smith’s brother-in-law Lyman Williams dated October 13, 1864. Smith had survived Gettysburg only to be seriously wounded on July 6, 1863 at the battle of Hagerstown. He was shot in the arm, taken prisoner, and paroled without receiving any medical attention. Nurse Kate Updegraff and her husband took him into their home and nursed him and had him treated by their family physician, Dr. Claggett Dorsey. Dr. Dorsey was forced to provide medical treatment to the fleeing Confederate army during their retreat from
Gettysburg in 1863.
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