Correspondence

R. C. Wood to M. Mills

1863-12-12

Date of Creation
December 12, 1863
Place of Creation
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
Document Genre
Correspondence
Repository
Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
Collection
Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Military Correspondence, 1863-1867
Box / Folder
BR5-54
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-003-0032
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32202771
People
Gray, Charles Carroll
Mills, Madison
Wood, Robert Crooke
Bramlette, Thomas Elliott
Places
Kentucky
Louisville, Kentucky
St. Louis, Missouri
Organizations
Department of the Missouri
Office of the Surgeon General of Kentucky
United States Army
Dates
1863-12-12
1863-12-12
1863-12-12
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Citation

R. C. Wood to M. Mills, 1863-12-12, Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Military Correspondence, 1863-1867, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-003-0032 (November 12, 2026).

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Assistant Surgeon Generals Office,
Louisville, Ky.
Dec. 12th 1863,
Sir,

In conformity with the wishes of the Governor of Kentucky as expressed in the inclosed communication, you will please consolidate the sick from Kentucky in the Hospitals under your direction and send them to this City, notifying the Medical Director here when they leave St. Louis.

This transfer will bring the men, in proximity to the theatre of operations in this section.

Respectfully,
Your Obedient Servant
(Signed:) R. C. Wood
Asst. Surgeon General
U. S. Army

Surgeon M. Mills U. S. A.
Med. Director, Dept. of the Missouri
St. Louis, Mo.

A true Copy.

C C Gray
Asst. Surgeon U. S. A.

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Asst. Surgeon General's Office
Louisville, Ky. Dec. 12th 1863.

R. C. Wood
Asst. Surgeon General
U. S. A.

Instructions to Med. Director Dept. of Missouri to transfer Kentucky soldiers in Hospitals at St. Louis, to Louisville, Ky.

Respectfully furnished for the information of His Excellency T. E. Bramlette, Governor of Kentucky.

R. C. Wood

Asst Surgeon General
U. S. Army.
Ky S. G O.
Decr 12t 63