Orlando P. Sweet papers, 1856-1893.

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Orlando P. Sweet papers, 1856-1893.

Papers of Orlando P. Sweet of Lowell, Vt., 1856-1893. Includes material from Sweet's service as a surgeon in the Civil War, and includes papers concerning his widow's pension in 1893.

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United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. Co. E.

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Sweet, Orlando P. 1838-1872.

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Born in Richmond, Vt., in 1838, Dr. Orland P. Sweet appears to have served as a surgeon at Carver Hospital, Washington, D.C., during the Civil War. Carver was one of numerous hospitals established in the capital to deal with the flood tide of war casualties from the front. Sweet died in Lowell, Vt., on June 8, 1872. From the guide to the Carver General Hospital (Washington, D.C.) records, Carver General Hospital (Washington, D.C.), 1864-1865, (William L. Clements Library, University ...