Papers, 1825-1867, 1881-1883.

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Papers, 1825-1867, 1881-1883.

Correspondence of John M. Evans, an Evansville, Wisconsin, physician and pioneer, chiefly for the years 1862-1863 while surgeon in the 13th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and later with the Medical Division of the District of Northern Alabama. Written by Evans and others from various points in Kansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Alabama, and by his wife in LaPorte, Indiana and Evansville, the letters are primarily personal but give some information about life in the army and news of the war.

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