Is it just me, or is this adding insult to injury?
Surgeon General’s Office
Washington City, D.C.
April 4th, 1866.
Sir:
I am directed by the Surgeon General to request you to furnish this office with the following information in regard to the amputations performed on your left leg.
The name of the Surgeon who performed the first operation in July 1864. The causes which led to the 2nd operation. The date of said operation, and the name of the Surgeon. The date of your discharge from the service, and the present condition and amount of usefulness of the limb.
Very respectfully,
Your obedt. servant,
By order of the Surgeon General,
George A. Otis
Surgeon & Bv’t. Lt. Col U.S. Vols.
N.G. Frost,
Late Pvt. Co. “G” 32 Me. Vols.
Norway, Me.
East Cambridge, Mass.
Thro: Adj. General of Maine.
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