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Collection Reference Number GLC04501.018
From Archive Folder Archive of Confederate general & family, primarily pre- and post-war re: plantation, slaves, military maneuvers, reconstruction. 
Title C.M. Smith to Lee Randall Gibson resigning his position as a Surgeon due to poor health
Date 20 January [1862]
Author Smith, C.M. (fl. 1862)  
Recipient Gibson, Randall Lee  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Resigning his position as a Surgeon in Gibson's regiment due to poor health. Smith notes that his fellow surgeon [Charles] Langenbacker is already "casting a wistful eye" upon Smith's post. He also discusses the parish crop, noting that some planters are planning to ship their produce to Texas where sugar and molasses are bringing ten and fifty cents a gallon, respectively. Though the date written on this letter is January 1861, the content and date of Gibson's commission suggest it was written in January 1862.
Subjects Civil War  Military History  Confederate General or Leader  Confederate Soldier's Letter  Confederate States of America  Health and Medical  Agriculture and Animal Husbandry  Texas  Merchants and Trade  Commerce  Finance  
People Gibson, Randall L. (1832-1892)  
Place written s.l.
Theme The American Civil War; Naval & Maritime
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
Civil War: Recipient Relationship Comrade