Letter from T. W. Caskey to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus; May 17, 1862

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Letter from T. W. Caskey to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus; May 17, 1862

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Banks, Unknown Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893 Caskey, Thomas W., 1816-1896 Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867

Organizations

Hospitals

Occupations

Medical Profession--Physicians

Places

Mississippi--Alcorn County. Corinth Mississippi--Holmes County. Durant Mississippi--Lafayette County. Oxford Mississippi--Yazoo County. Vaughan

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Disease and illness

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Oxford Miss May 17^th 1862—

Gov Pettus Respected sir, I drop you a line to day—As I know your constant anxiety on account, of our sick I inteded to visit Durant. Vaughns Station and other newly organized Hospitals, and give them the benefit of my experience, And then go to Corinth and take your communication to Gen Beauregard. But. I have unfortunate-ly been prevented from doing either owning to an attack of fleet, I am not able to travel, But hope to be in a few days—your document, I sent by mail—As I feel indifferent as to wheather they reorganize the state ellement, or not, If they do not, we, save a large amount of money to the state and controll the [?] department, in spite of them, and the money can be better appropriated than pur-chasing bunks, and the numerous immovable articles of Hospital furniture, out of 3000, patients treated here 450,—are Mississippians—At Corinth we have none but, Miss—The average number there is 45, the whole number I will send you soon—Dr Banks is devoting his valuable service exclusivley to Miss—at Corinth, I shall as soon as well enough visit all the Hospitals on our line of road and report the number and condition, we, now have 1300 on our Books—and making room for more. The whole County is overrun with the sick. I am now inclined to think I shall get back most, of the money of the state, and will have done a vast amount of good, at small cost I have in all ^things^ done all within my power—Hoping my course will meet. your approbation I remain as ever yours Respectfully

T. W. Caskey

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T. W Caskey

Hospitals

May 1861

Caskey
Hospitals.