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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02825.01 |
| From Archive Folder | Papers of Alfred Jones, Surgeon in the Confederate Army |
| Title | Appointment of Alfred Jones as assistant surgeon in the Provisional Confederate Army |
| Date | 2 June 1863 |
| Author | Seddon, James A. (James Alexander) (1815-1880) |
| Additional authors | Moore, Samuel P. (1813-1889) |
| Document Type | Government document |
| Content Description | Partially printed document appointing doctor Alfred Jones as assistant surgeon in the Provisional Confederate Army. Signed by Seddon as Confederate Secretary of War. A note at the bottom orders Jones to report to the medical director of the department to which he is assigned, and is signed by Samuel P. Moore as the Confederate Surgeon General. Apparently written after Jones had been paroled and exchanged after his capture at Fort Donelson. Written on Confederate States of America War Department Stationary. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Confederate General or Leader Confederate States of America Health and Medical |
| People | Seddon, James Alexander (1815-1880) Moore, Samuel Preston (1813-1889) Jones, Alfred (fl. 1862-1865) |
| Place written | Richmond, Virginia |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Health & Medicine |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |