Title	John M. Keller et al. letter to Thomas C. Hindman - Nov. 16, 1862
Creator	Keller, John M.; Branson, Randolph; Duvall, Elias R.; Baer, Caleb Dorsey
Source	Keller, John M. et al. Letter to Thomas C. Hindman. 16 Nov. 1862. Peter Wellington Alexander Papers, Box 10, Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Columbia University in the City of New York.
Description	On November 16, 1862, surgeons John M. Keller, Randolph Branson, Elias R. Duvall, and Caleb Dorsey Baer wrote to Maj. Gen. Thomas C. Hindman regarding hospitals. They recommended the Confederate Army secure buildings within Fort Smith or Van Buren, Arkansas, to use as hospitals if the army planned to encamp within that vicinity. The doctors believed that if the sick could be quarantined in hospitals that Small Pox could be controlled.
Theme	United States -- History -- Civil War -- Military life United States -- 19th century -- History -- Civil War -- Medicine
Subject	Keller, John M.; Duvall, Elias R.; Baer, Caleb Dorsey; Surgeons; Physicians; Newton, Robert C.; Adjutants; Hindman, Thomas C.; Diseases and disorders; Health; Military hospitals; Branson, Randolph
Relation	Peter Wellington Alexander Papers
Site Accession Number	MS#0016
Contributing Institution	Columbia University
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Coverage	Sebastian County, Arkansas; Crawford County, Arkansas
Volume	1 letter, 1 page
Date.Original	1862-11-16
Date.Digital	2011-06-28
Format.Original	Correspondence
Transcription	Fort Smith [Arkansas] Nov 16th 1862 Colonel The undersigned, upon consultation, respectfully submit as their opinion, that, if the Army is to Encamp within the immediate vicinity of Fort Smith or Van Buren [Arkansas], the recovery of the Sick would be greatly promoted by securing comfortable Buildings in those Cities for Hospitals With rigid Quarantine, & police regulations we think that Small Pox can be prevented in Hospitals, more especially in the Garrison in Fort Smith, since Surgeon Duval [Elias R. Duvall], who is a resident of the place states that out of Six Hundred cases which occurred in the place last Fall & Winter, not one occurred in the Garrison We have the honor to be Very Respectfully Yr Obt Servants J [John] M Keller Med Dir &c R [Randolph] Branson Cheif Surgeon 1st Division E. R. Du Val Chief Surgeon 2d Division C. [Caleb] Dorsey Baer Chief Surgeon 3d Division Col R. [Robert] C. Newton A.A.G. }
Publisher.Digital	Springfield-Greene County Library District
Language	English
CONTENTdm file name	10726.jp2