2005-03
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/28/2005
Autograph Letter, 4p. quarto, April 30, 1848, Head Quarters, S. Marine Battalion, Alvarado, and reads in part: “...You know that I have let pass many opportunities of going to sea as Fleet Surgeon since I last held that appointment, has it not been, then, and indulgence, a favor, that I have been enabled of late years to be so much with you & my family? & that I have not been kept abroad as fleet surgeon? I have so considered it and have been highly gratified & am sure that you too have preferred it...I received orders which placed me in the Army as Surgeon of the Marines & Med. Div. of the 4th Division of the Army in a campaign superior to any recorded in history. Not a surgeon in the Navy who does not consider me as extremely fortunate in having been selcted for taht duty. After the Battle of Cheputlepec & the Capture of the City of Mexico, my name was honorably mentioned by the commanding General of the 4th Division (Gen. Quitman) as deserving all praise. A large number of wounded & other officers of the Army who left Mexico after its capture, before I was aware of it wrote me a joint letter of thanks in behalf of the sick & wounded for my services. After the capture of Mexico - at my own request, I left the army & rejoined the Navy & if I had asked for sea service would no doubt had a F. Surg. Appointment...if the Treaty is ratified by Mexico I may come home soon...” More. VG.
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