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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00862 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 |
| Title | Endorsement of a request for medical leave for M.E. Sperry |
| Date | 17 May 1864 |
| Author | Wirz, Henry (1823-1865) |
| Document Type | Military document |
| Content Description | Signed by Wirz, Sperry, J.W. Hails, and "Jno. S. Bransford." Sperry, a clerk in the Adjutant's Office, writes to Captain Chapman, the Adjutant of the Post, to request a leave of seven days. An autograph note below his request by a surgeon, J.W. Hails, attests that Sperry is unfit for duty and needs to cease work for a period of seven days. Captain Wirz, the commandant of Andersonville Prison, approved the request on the verso, signing "H. Wirz." Also on the verso is an autograph note by Bransford pertaining to a transfer, dated 24 May 1864. Has a stamp (and mirror image from folding) from the Quartermaster's Department on the front. |
| Subjects | Civil War Confederate General or Leader Confederate States of America Prison Camp Prisoner of War Military History Health and Medical |
| People | Wirz, Henry (1823-1865) Sperry, M.E. (fl. 1864) Hails, J.W. (fl. 1864) Bransford, Jno. S. (fl. 1864) |
| Place written | Andersonville, Georgia |
| 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 |