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Collection Reference Number GLC05201.021
From Archive Folder Letters of Army doctor under McCook, McKenzie & Miles re: Indian Wars 
Title Arthur Hartstuff to Alice and Mable Hartstuff describing his fielding hospital
Date 2 January 1891
Author Hartsuff, Arthur (fl. 1870-1893)  
Recipient Hartstuff, Alice  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description re: Hartsuff tells his wife and daughter about the conditions in his field hospital built from nothing and now housing fifty men comfortably. Claims that most of what is in the newspapers is true, but he can add nothing to the accounts because he knows nothing else.
Subjects American West  Military History  Health and Medical  Soldier's Letter  Westward Expansion  American Indian History  Journalism  Hospital  Children and Family  
People Hartstuff, Arthur (fl. 1870-1893)  
Place written Pine Ridge Indian Agency, South Dakota
Theme Health & Medicine; Westward Expansion
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945
Civil War: Recipient Relationship Wife  Daughter