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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Albert A. Chase Papers #5394-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Purchased from Historical Collectible Auctions, Burlington, N.C., in July 2008 (Acc. 100956).

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This collection contains materials related to the following subjects. These headings are from the Library of Congress Subject Headings.

• Chase, Albert A., b. 1837.
• Massachusetts--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
• Physicians--Massachusetts--History--19th century.
• Raleigh (N.C.)--History.
• Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--North Carolina.
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical care.
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military life.
• United States. Army--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
• United States. Army--Military life--History.
• United States. Army--Surgeons.
• United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 28th (1861-1865)
• United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands--Records and correspondence.

Albert A. Chase was born in 1837 in Meredith, N.H. He studied medicine at Dartmouth Medical School and graduated in 1865. In April 1865, Chase enlisted in the 19th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment and served as an assistant surgeon until mustering out in June 1865. In 1866, Chase was hired by the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Land to serve as a medical officer in Raleigh, N.C.

The collection contains Albert A. Chase's commission as assistant surgeon in the 28th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment, orders to report for duty at the headquarters of the Army of the Potomac, two documents related to an invoice for medical and hospital property given to Chase and an order form for the Turkish Medical Company. Other items include the contract of employment with the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Land and orders to report for duty at Raleigh, N.C.