Papers, 1862-1866.

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Papers, 1862-1866.

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Photocopies of original correspondence and diary. Letters to his wife, Caroline, written while serving, describe vividly what he saw and did while encamped with the 92nd. He also gives a full account of military medicine as practiced at the time, and the problems with "red tape". He ponders slavery and race relations. He writes clearly and expressively.

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United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 92nd (1862-1865)

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Winston, Thomas, 1829-1928

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Physician Thomas Winston (1829-1928) was born in Wales, emigrated to the United States with his family at the age of two. He began his formal schooling at the age of twenty, earning his M.D. in 1858 from Chicago's Rush Medical School after a six-week course. Soon after his 1861 marriage to Caroline Mumford and the birth of their first child, Winston went to fight for the Union in the Civil War. An ardent abolitionist and a strong believer in the Union cause, he served as a physician and surgeon ...

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