Finding aid to the John S. Morris Papers

JONES MEMORIAL LIBRARY
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LYNCHBURG, VA 24501
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JOHN S. MORRIS PAPERS
BOX 1

1-1 Undated correspondence/papers
1-2 Lecture cards (Cleveland Medical College, Starling Medical College,
Jefferson Medical College
1-3 Correspondence, orders (1861)
1-4 Correspondence, circulars, orders (1862)
1-5 Correspondence, circulars, orders (1863)
1-6 Correspondence, circulars, orders (1864)
1-7 Correspondence, circulars, orders (1865-1866)
1-8 Correspondence, miscellaneous (1870-1880)
1-9 Lincoln General Hospital (Washington,D.C.) Patient cards, 1864-1865;
Photograph, Gen. TYLER's Staff
1-10 Cartes de visite; photograph

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JONES MEMORIAL LIBRARY
2311 MEMORIAL AVENUE
LYNCHBURG, VA 24501
(434) 846-0501
JOHN S. MORRIS
John S. MORRIS, of Kent, Ohio, attended Starling Medical College, Columbus, Ohio,
and Cleveland (Ohio) Medical College. He received the degree of Doctor of Medicine
from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1861.
He served as Lieutenant and Captain, Assistant Quartermaster, First Brigade, Third
Division, 1861-1863. In 1864, he was assigned as Acting Assistant Surgeon, Lincoln U.
S. General Hospital, Washington, D. C.
In 1865, MORRIS was assigned to General CUSTER's Second Cavalry, and was
placed in charge of the cavalry field hospital in Austin, Texas. He served until the
regiments were mustered out in 1866. Later in 1866, he was of Annapolis, Maryland. He
was a resident of Baltimore, Maryland, in 1876.
[John S. MORRIS Papers, Mss., MS1303, Jones Memorial Library, Lynchburg, VA.]

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