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Preferred Citation:

John Adams Dix Letter to Henry A. Wise, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Acc. 2012.210 was received by the SCRC on 5/21/2012.

Processing Information:

Accessioned and minimally described by Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist, in May 2012.

Biographical Information:

Scope and Contents

Letter, dated April 28, 1863, from Union Major General John Adams Dix to Confederate General Henry A. Wise requesting he stop the attacks on the Union-held insane asylum in Williamsburg, Virginia. Dix writes that, although the asylum is under the control of the Union, there have been repeated attack by officers of the Confederacy on its employees and residents. Dix also mentions he has directed General Keyes to re-occupy Williamsburg.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Eastern State Hospital (Va.)--History--19th century
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Hospitals
• Williamsburg (Va.)--History--19th century
• Williamsburg (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
• Wise, Henry A. (Henry Alexander), 1806-1876