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Vicksburg: "Hospital Accommodation"
The following editorial article appeared in the Vicksburg Daily Whig on February 14, 1863, questioning the use of homes as military hospitals.
1870: "What Might Have Happened if Dr. Tan[n] Hadn't Found Them"
In one of her semi-autobiographical novels, Laura Ingalls Wilder recalls her first interaction with an African American man, Dr. George Tann. Laura's...