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Collection Reference Number GLC04813.02
From Archive Folder Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 
Title Petition to P.J.D. Irwin
Date 11 March 1864
Author Chaplain Association of Memphis  
Recipient Irwin, P.J.D,  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Petition to Army Surgeon P.J.D. Irwin re: attesting to church's Confederate leanings. With endorsement of surgeons in charge of U.S. general military hospitals (11 March 1864) and AES of P.J.D. Irwin (14 March 1864).
Subjects Petition  Religion  Government and Civics  President  Military History  Union Forces  Civil War  Confederate States of America  Hospital  US Constitution  
Place written Memphis, Tennessee
Theme The American Civil War; Religion; The Presidency; Government & Politics
Sub-collection Papers and Images of the American Civil War
Additional Information Notes: Basler 7:23. Basler obtained the text from Nicolay and did not have access to the petition. For an early statement on churches in occupied areas, see GLC 5508.008, Abraham Lincoln to Edwin Stanton dated 29 September 1862.
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945