Consolidated Military Officer's File of Jona Letterman, Pennsylvania, 1864

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Consolidated Military Officer's File of Jona Letterman, Pennsylvania, 1864

1864

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Letterman, Jonathan, 1824-1872

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Letterman was born in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, the son of a well-known surgeon. His studies were directed by a private tutor until he entered Jefferson College, where he became a member of Beta Theta Pi. He graduated from Jefferson in 1845 and Jefferson Medical College in 1849. That same year he was given the position of assistant surgeon in the Army Medical Department. Letterman served in Florida during military campaigns against the Seminole Indians until 1853. He then spent a year in Fort...