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    Burnham, Howard and Horace. Letters, 1862-1863. 4 items. Howard Burnham, apparently a Union soldier in an Illinois regiment stationed in Arcadia, Missouri. Horace Burnham, apparently a Union soldier in the Marine Hospital in New Orleans in the Civil War. Howard Burnham's two letters (1862) tell of the number of men ill and in hospitals; Horace Burnham writes of accommodations at the Marine Hospital in New Orleans, African Americans, and sanitation facilities. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1181.
    Manuscript Topic
    New Orleans in the Civil War
    Civil War
    Medicine
    African Americans
    Record Type
    Manuscript Collections
    Year
    1862
    Page URL: https://lib.lsu.edu/special/manuscripts/guides/burnham-howard-and-horace
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