Summary:
Fitz-John Porter, Union Assistant Adjutant for the Department of Pennsylvania,
issues orders for the headquarters medical purveyor to move from Chambersburg in
June, 1861.
Chambersburg, Pa.,Chambersburg, Pa.,
June 11, 1861.
Asst. Surg. William A. Hammond, Medical Department, is medical purveyor at these headquarters. He will report for duty to Surg. C. S. Tripler, medical director.
By order of Maj.-Gen. Patterson:
F. J. PORTER,
Assistant Adjutant-Gen.
Bibliographic Information : Letter Reproduced from The War of The Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series 1, Volume 51, Serial No. 107, Pages 398, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.