Discharges on Surgeon's Certificates and Deaths
1861
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Three of five U.S. soldiers and two of three Confederate soldiers who perished died from disease. These pages from a book kept at Pettigrew Hospital outside Raleigh, North Carolina, mark the grim toll diseases took on the Confederate Army. The “Disease” column shows that one man died of a “gunshot wound.” The other 37 died from a range of illnesses—including typhoid fever, measles, diarrhea, pneumonia, and dysentery.
This primary source comes from the War Department Collection of Confederate Records.
National Archives Identifier: 4667693
Full Citation: Discharges on Surgeon's Certificates and Deaths; 1861; War Department Collection of Confederate Records, Record Group 109. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/discharges-on-surgeons-certificates-and-deaths, March 26, 2025]Rights: Public Domain, Free of Known Copyright Restrictions. Learn more on our privacy and legal page.