Samuel Stout draft of the constitution of the Atlanta Soldiers' Relief Society, circa 1861-1865

Summary

Creator:

Stout, Samuel Hollingsworth, 1822-1903

Date:

circa 1861-1865

Extent:

1 folder(s)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Samuel Stout draft of the constitution of the Atlanta Soldiers' Relief Society, ms4292, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains Confederate Surgeon Samuel H. Stout's recommendations to the Atlanta Relief Society and a transcription of an excerpt of his memoir that discusses his appointment as medical chief of the Army of Tennessee after the battle of Shiloh.

Biographical / historical:

Samuel H. Stout (1822-1903) was Superintendent of Hospitals for the Army of Tennessee and oversaw approximately sixty hospitals throughout Georgia, Mississippi, and Alabama during the Civil War.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.

Names:

Atlanta Soldiers' Relief Society

Places:

Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Societies, etc.
Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Hospitals.

Preferred citation:

Samuel Stout draft of the constitution of the Atlanta Soldiers' Relief Society, ms4292, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.