Registers of Patients — Medical Director and Inspector of Freedmen

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

The two volumes of registers of patients, 1 (292) and 2 (294), cover the period August 1863–July 1864. Volume 1 (292) is apparently a register of patients at Prentiss Hospital, Vicksburg, and Volume 2 (294) is a register of patients at Freedmen's Hospital Number 2 in Vicksburg. Both are arranged numerically. Volume 1 (292) also contains miscellaneous lists and morning reports dated December 1863–February 1864.

Collection

Records of the Mississippi Freedmen's Department ("Pre–Bureau Records"), Office of the Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863–1865

Archival grouping

Records of the Mississippi Freedmen's Department ("Pre–Bureau Records"), Office of the Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863–1865 / Series 2: Offices of Staff Officers / 2.2: Medical Director and Inspector of Freedmen

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