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[CIVIL WAR SURGEON LETTER] WILLIAM HARRISON GITHENS (1827-1904) Surgeon in the Union army during the American Civil War. At the outset of the war, Githens enlisted as an Orderly Sergeant in the 16th Illinois Infantry. During this enlistment, he was stationed in Missouri, Tennessee and Pennsylvania and saw very little action. Following his re-enlistment in 1863, Githens was promoted to Assistant Surgeon and served with the 78th Regiment, Illinois Volunteers. As a member of the 14th Army Corp . during this second enlistment, he was very active, serving as an assistant surgeon in the Tullahoma operation, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, the Atlanta Campaign, the March to the Sea and the Carolinas’ Campaign. Following the war, Githens returned home to Hamilton, Illinois, where he owned a number of pharmacies. ALS. Githens writes of the suffering and hardship the long war has caused for all: “Head Quarters 1st Division Detachment 14th A.C. , Nashville, Tenn, December 9th 1864 Dear Wife, …it is snowing here today and quite wintry – and the poor boys suffer a good deal in camp – being fragments of Regiments they can’t get tents and clothing as readily as if they were with their own command. – we are lucky enough to get into a house…it gets pretty hard to sleep cold night – but those who have to sleep on the ground are so much worse off than I am that I can hardly complain….Hood is still around the city, but for a day or two things have been quiet…I dreamed last night that Willie was very sick, that he looked like a skeleton and was dying, I can’t but think about him all day ..I hear rumors going around that the officers of the 14th corps are ordered to report to General Sherman by the way of New York or Washington…to think of you being alone and in want has a tendency to dampen one’s patriotism, we will hope for the best however…Wm W.Githens, Assist Surg, 78th Ill, in charge 1st Div. 14th A.C., Nashville Tenn.” 9 ¾x7 ½“ Tiniest amount of foxing, overall Very Fine.
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