John Stites letter, 1847 Mar. 27.

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John Stites letter, 1847 Mar. 27.

Stites wrote this letter, dated March 27, 1847, from Hopkinsville to Representative Cave Johnson of Tennessee, regarding an army surgeon appointment. Stites recommended the appointment of Dr. William Henry Hopson of Hopkinsville as assistant surgeon in the U.S. Army.

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Hopson, William Henry.

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Johnson, Cave, 1760-1850

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Born in 1760, Orange County, Virginia. Son of William Johnson and Elizabeth Cave. Died in 1850, Lexington, Kentucky. From the description of Obituary and autobiography of Col. Cave Johnson : manuscript copy, [1850]. (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 52249360 From the description of Obituary and autobiography of Col. Cave Johnson : manuscript, [1850]. (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 84468983 ...

Stites, John, fl. 1847.

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United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...