Papers, 1857-1876.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Papers, 1857-1876.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49700230

Morning reports, inventories of medical supplies, reports of sick and wounded, circulars, general and special orders, receipts and inspection reports make up the bulk of the collection. Daily reports from Camp Butler and Baton Rouge. Material concerning the Siege at Port Hudson, La. and sanitary conditions in the Union Army. Journal gives the medical history of the 118th and includes Reece's monthly reports of the Unit's field activities. A copy book kept at Baton Rouge records Reece's duties as surgeon in chief for the Department of the Gulf. Small amount of post Civil War material deals mostly with medical societies and a daybook, 1874-1876 and ledger, 1872-1875 gives a picture of his patients and practice in Abingdon.

1.68 linear feet 4 boxes.

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7612616

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

Related Entities

There are 4 Entities related to this resource.

United States. Army. Department of the Gulf (1862-1865)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c35nts (corporateBody)

During the Civil War, the U.S. Army created the Department of the Gulf and the Army of the Gulf following the capture of New Orleans, Louisiana, by Admiral David G. Farragut in 1862. Major General Benjamin F. Butler took command of the Union occupation forces as well as the Department of the Gulf. The soldiers in the new department were then designated as the Army of the Gulf. Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks succeeded Butler on December 17, 1862. Under Banks, the army fought its first ...

United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 118th (1861-1865)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6x69z08 (corporateBody)

Reece, Thomas Madison, 1836-1894.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rv44jm (person)

Abingdon, Ill. physician who acted as the medical director of Camp Butler, Ill., 1861-1862, then as surgeon with the 118th Illinois Infantry, and surgeon in chief, Cavalry Division, Department of the Gulf, 1863-1865. Very interested in preventive medicine and hygiene. After the war continued to practice medicine in Abingdon until his death. From the description of Papers, 1857-1876. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 49700230 ...

United States. Army

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6km312r (corporateBody)

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...