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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.21.17 |
| From Archive Folder | Letters to Assistant Surgeon Henry F. McSherry of the U.S. Navy |
| Title | J. Henry Reifsuyder to Henry F. McSherry regarding his health and his trip back to Baltimore |
| Date | 28 July 1862 |
| Author | Reifsuyder, J. Henry (fl. 1862) |
| Recipient | McSherry, Henry F. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Signed and initialed by Reifsuyder, who was previously the clerk to Captain Donaldson of the USS "Sciota," the ship where McSherry was the assistant surgeon. Asks for his pardon in not writing sooner, but was "totally unable" to respond until now. Says he was ill when he arrived at home, and was also so excited to go home he forgot to pack Henry's previous letter. Has wondered how he got through his sickness (Henry had malaria previously). Hopes he enjoyed himself at his house in Baltimore. Says he has written to Donaldson to be reassigned as clerk to him when he gets a new commission. Docket says Reifsuyder was "Surgeon's Steward." Letter is faded. |
| Subjects | Surgeon Civil War Military History Union Forces Navy Health and Medical Disease Malaria |
| Place written | Pottstown, Pennsylvania |
| 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: Theater of War | Main Eastern Theater |