The site of the Camp Letterman General Hospital in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, is under the
current threat of being developed. Named after then Medical Director for the Army of the
Potomac, Dr. Jonathan Letterman, Camp Letterman treated thousands of wounded Union and
Confederate soldiers, including soldiers from Vermont, from mid-July through November,
1863. It was the first General Hospital of its kind.
To learn more about the Camp Letterman General Hospital and its historical significance
please visit the following National Park Service link:
http://www.nps.gov/archive/gett/getttour/sidebar/letterman.htm
An online petition has been started in an effort to preserve the site of Camp Letterman.
If this is a cause you would consider supporting, please click on the petition link below
and sign. One person can truly make a difference.
http://www.petitiononline.com/camp1863/petition.html
With Sincere Thanks,
Shannon Leonard Skaluba & Ira Sharp Dennis
"Some will be remembered for what they said. Others will be
remembered for what they did. The special will be remembered for who they were."