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Clayton Glanville Coleman, letter
November 4, 1862
“I heard the other day by a gentleman just from Frederick City that the enemy had fifteen thousand sick and wounded there.”
Author
Name: Clayton Glanville Coleman
Unit: Confederate Medical Department
Document Information
Type: Letter
Subject(s):
- Hospitals/Medical Care
- Soldier Reactions/Opinions
Event Location: Frederick City, Frederick Co., MD
Document Origin: Winchester, Frederick Co., VA
Notes
Clayton G. Coleman served in the Virginia Infantry from 1861 to 1862 and in mid-1862 he became a physician in the confederate Medical Department.
Source
Clayton Glanville Coleman to Lucy Coleman. November 4, 1862. Clayton Coleman Letters: Civil War Doctor in Winchester, Virginia, 1862. VMI Archives Manuscript #0021. Obtained from http://www.vmi.edu/archives.aspx?id=10375. Accessed on February 8, 2010.
