Morning Reports of Freedmen's Hospitals in Department
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content: Records of the Mississippi Freedmen's Department ("Pre–Bureau Records"), Office of the Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863–1865
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content: Records of the Mississippi Freedmen's Department ("Pre–Bureau Records"), Office of the Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863–1865 / Series 2: Offices of Staff Officers / 2.2: Medical Director and Inspector of Freedmen
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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content: NMAAHC.FB.M1914, File 2.2.4
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content: The three volumes of morning reports of freedmen's hospitals, 1 (291), 2 (298), and 3 (299), cover the period February 1864–October 1865. Volume 1 (291) consists of reports (March 1864–May 1865) from a hospital at Milliken's Bend, LA, until May 13, 1864, when it was moved to Island 102 and was known as Freedmen's General Hospital Number 2, Branch 2. Volume 2 (298) seems to be reports of Freedmen's General Hospital, Vicksburg (February 1864–October 1865). Volume 3 (299) includes reports (March 1864–July 1865) from the following hospitals: Branch 1 at Goodrich's Landing, Branch 2 at Parks Camp, and Branch 6 at Davis Bend. They are arranged by time period and then by name of hospital.