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“Cleaning up the Muss.”
The Civil War letters of Surgeon David P. Chamberlin to the Hudson Gazette Newspaper
Over 30 letters to his hometown newspaper, the Hudson Gazette Over 100 photos & maps, full rosters, fully footnoted 144 pages.
By
Marty Bertera & Hazel Pray Monahan
“Darkness soon came on and (the) only sound to be heard, where but a little while before all had been noise and confusion,
were the groans of the wounded and dying. Each party was occupied most of the night in carrying off and attending to their wounded.”
Battle of Malvern Hill, VA, July 1, 1862; the regiment suffered 173 men killed, captured, or missing.
The 4th Michigan Infantry was one of the first Michigan regiments to answer President Lincoln’s call for troops in 1861.
The regiment sent over 1000 young boys and men to serve in this elite unit. Along with these young soldiers was David P. Chamberlin,
a 37 year old surgeon from Hudson, Michigan. Chamberlin would write over 30 detailed letters back to the Hudson Gazette.
Beginning with the regiment’s first days in training camp and then their travels to the defense of the Capital in
Washington, D.C., following them through some of the nation’s most hellish battles in the
Eastern Theater such as Bull Run, Yorktown, Seven Days, Antietam, and Fredericksburg.
Now available at the Hudson Historical Museum in Hudson, Michigan
or online through boundarypostbooks.com
Limited edition of 100 Hardcopies are available at S40 each, with Soft cover books are available at $20 each, and all proceeds go to Hudson Historical Museum.
Cleaning up the Muss.”
The Civil War letters of Surgeon David P. Chamberlin
to the Hudson Gazette Newspaper.
Marty Bertera & Hazel Pray Monahan