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Collection Reference Number GLC03603.110
From Archive Folder Collection of Charles M. Coit, field and staff, 8th regiment, Connecticut, infantry 
Title Charles Coit to his family, writing in defence of the new Company doctor
Date 1 June 1862
Author Coit, Charles M. (1838-1878)  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Writes in defense of Dr. Storrs, the new Company doctor. Explains that many dislike him because he does not take time enquiring about their feelings but rather works from an intuitive doctor's sense. He also inspects sanitary conditions in the camp and has issued an order that all men must bathe at the 5 p.m. drum call. Responds to reports of his illness that have reached his family through other soldiers' letters by saying that they are much exaggerated. Also responds to his mother and sister proposing the idea that they go into an army hospital as nurses. Writes that he is very opposed to this as "the army is no place for women according to my ideas" and pledges to stop writing if they go through with their proposal. Written "Near Newbern," North Carolina.
Subjects Medical History  Civil War  Military History  Union Forces  Infantry  Union Soldier's Letter  Soldier's Letter  Personal Hygiene  Women's History  Children and Family  Health and Medical  
People Coit, Charles M. (1838-1878)  
Place written Newbern, North Carolina
Theme The American Civil War; Health & Medicine; Children & Family; Women in American History
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: Unit 8th Regiment, Connecticut, infantry  
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