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Dr. Rutherford writes of a battle near Leesburgh some 14 miles from the camp near Seneca Creek (Maryland?) the outcome of which is not known, of the filthy condition of some of the soldiers, of an epidemic of Typhoid fever with the loss of over a dozen men to the illness. He writes of his winter living accommodations of which he is very happy and mentions "Mose the Moor", the runaway black slave boy who tends to him. Also writes of a review from the Brigadier General, and the health of Rutherford’s family.
Rutherford, Joseph Chase, 1818-1902 (Author)Rutherford, Hannah (Recipient)
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- Diseases
- Families Of Military Personnel
- Maryland
- Military Camps
- Military Life
- Slaver
- Slaves
- Surgeons
- United States
- United States Army