Balfour General Hospital, Portsmouth, Virginia - Nurse Hale

Item MED-8363

Description

Original Civil War document written in period ink.


Balfour U.S. General Hospital
Portsmouth, Virginia

November 18, 1864

This certifies that the bearer, Miss Minerva F. Hale, has been a volunteer nurse in this Hospital since August 17th 1864 and now attends her sick brother, a solider, here.

As a nurse I consider that she is entitled to transportation at soldier’s rates. Officers in charge of transportation are respectfully requested to furnish her “Soldiers’ Tickets.”

J. H. Frantz
Assistant Surgeon, U.S.A.
In Charge, Hospital