Scrapbook, 1861-1899 (bulk 1861-1866; 1898-1899).

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Scrapbook, 1861-1899 (bulk 1861-1866; 1898-1899).

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Significant to the study of military medical history during the Civil War and Reconstruction as well as the history of the Spanish-American War, the scrapbook contains a rich collection of letters, circulars, parchment broadsides, black-and-white photographs, ephemera, reports, and other materials. The collection of papers documents Conner's service as a Union Army medical officer and a member of the commission to investigate the War Department following the Spanish-American War. Many of the papers date from the Civil War period and include Conner's presidential appointment as assistant surgeon, U.S. Army. The appointment is signed by Abraham Lincoln, with a counter signature by Edwin M. Stanton, secretary of war. Conner's commission as brevet captain in the U.S. Army, on parchment and signed by President Andrew Johnson, is also included. Other documents, particularly letters and circulars issued by order of the surgeon general, pertain to Conner's responsibilities at Columbian Hospital, Washington, D.C.; University Hospital in New Orleans (Union Department of the Gulf), and in Raleigh, N.C., where he served as medical director in the Department of North Carolina. Some of these items reflect Surgeon General William A. Hammond and Surgeon General Joseph K. Barnes' efforts to collect data and specimens from surgeons in the field. Of note are orders concerning the preservation of surgical and medical specimens for the Army Medical Museum. A circular from Hammond also directed medical officers to report on medical conditions in the field and troop morale. Other items related to the Civil War period include oaths by Confederate prisoners; railroad and steamer tickets; a list of Confederate patients at the Fort Columbus (N.Y.) hospital; an order by Gen. Thomas West Sherman concerning contrabands (presumably fugitive slaves) who were to report to Conner in New Orleans; a list of medical officers and their duty stations; and color sketches of University Hospital, New Orleans. Also includes Medical Department petitions to the House Military Committee concerning the rank and pay of medical officers as well as the printed charges against John H. Gee, keeper of the Confederate prison at Salisbury, N.C. Also includes orders to investigate an outbreak of smallpox and the condition of freedmen in Raleigh. To a lesser extent, the scrapbook reflects Conner's membership on the Commission to Investigate the Conduct of the War Department in the War with Spain. Members of the commission included Grenville M. Dodge, James A. Sexton, Charles Denby, Evan P. Howell, John M. Wilson, James A. Beaver, Alexander McCook, Richard Weightman, Francis B. Jones, Urban A. Woodbury, and Stephen C. Mills. An autograph copy of the report made by the commission is sewn into the binding. Other items relating to the commission include a telegraph from William McKinley, ephemera, a photograph of the commission, and portrait photographs of Grenville Dodge, John M. Wilson, and Francis B. Jones. Dodge's work, Transcontinental railways, is sewn in.

30 leaves ; 54 x 41 cm.

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