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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.21.35 |
| From Archive Folder | Letters to Assistant Surgeon Henry F. McSherry of the U.S. Navy |
| Title | J.L. Fal to Henry F. McSherry |
| Date | 21 November 1864 |
| Author | Fal, J.L. (fl. 1864) |
| Recipient | McSherry, Henry F. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Letter written in clerical hand of Lt. Paul Quinn as the Assistant to the Fleet Surgeon of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron. Letter is also signed by Quinn. The fleet surgeon was named Fal and it was written to McSherry as the surgeon on the USS "Wabash" at Hampton Roads, Virginia. Says his requisition for medicines has been filled and will be shipped as early as possible. Says they are out of whiskey, but that he can get some from the USS "Susquehanna," which was recently given some. |
| Subjects | Surgeon Civil War Military History Union Forces Navy Drugs Military Supplies Health and Medical Alcohol |
| People | McSherry, Henry F. (b. 1837) |
| Place written | Norfolk, Virginia |
| 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 |