Guide to the Luther Fairfax Dashiell Papers MSS.0396
Dashiell, Luther Fairfax
- Publication:
University Libraries Division of Special Collections, The University of Alabama
Box 870266
February 2008
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
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Luther Fairfax Dashiell papers
- Unit ID:
MSS.0396
- Repository:
University Libraries Division of Special Collections, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.4 Linear feet (54 items)
- Dates:
Bulk, 1844-1848
- Dates:
1844-1887
- Abstract:
Correspondence, speeches, and writings, relating to his work as a surgeon with the 1st Regiment of Louisiana Volunteers, stationed in Tampico, Mexico, during the Mexican War.
- creator
Dashiell, Luther Fairfax, 1813-1864
Scope and Contents note
This collection contains correspondence, speeches, and writings, most of which relate to his work as a surgeon with the 1st Regiment of Louisiana Volunteers.
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
Luther Fairfax Dashiell papers, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
Biographical/Historical note
Luther Fairfax Dashiell was born 5 November 1813, in Maryland. He served as surgeon for the 1st Regiment of Louisiana Volunteers (De Russy’s Regiment of Louisiana Infantry) in the Mexican War and was stationed in the Department of Tampico, Mexico, where he served 1846-1848 (his commission dates from 18 January 1847). During that time, he was engaged in a dispute over his application for the position of Medical Director of the Department of Tampico. In December 1847 he asked for a leave of absence for medical reasons. He was honorably discharged on 20 July 1848. In 1850 he served with a detachment of troops engaged in the removal of Indians in Iowa.
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unknown, 2008; updated by Martha Bace, 2013
Source(s)
Correspondence (aat)
Health, Medicine and Welfare (localbroad)
Speeches (aat)
War and Military (localbroad)
Papers Box 1550