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Bean family letters, 1862-1863

Bean family letters, 1862-1863

Title

Bean family letters, 1862-1863

Description

Correspondence between Dr. Asa Bean and his family while he served as a surgeon in the Union Army in Maryland, Louisiana, and Tennessee. Dr. Bean died of disease on a hospital ship April 26, 1863 as his wife, Mary Bean, was traveling to Memphis to see him, having been informed that he was gravely ill.

Creator

Bean, Asa A., 1811-1863; Bean, Mary Powell, 1821-1898; Bean, James P., b. 1847 or 8; Powell, Edward W.; Bean, John Victor, 1843-1919; Bean, Mary E., 1850?-1921; Powell, J. W.; Powell, Eugene

Publisher

University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept.

Date

1862/1863
2009-03-18

Rights

Educational use only, no other permissions given. U.S. and international copyright laws may protect this digital image. Commercial use or distribution of the image is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder.

Relation

Civil War Diaries and Letters; Abraham Lincoln Collection
Bean Family papers
http://lib.uiowa.edu/collguides/?MSC0452
1862-1863

Type

Text
Correspondence; Telegrams; Statutes; Daily reports; Letters of recommendation; Receipts (Financial records); Orders (Military records); Military passes
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Identifier

MSC0452
31858055128346
https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/