Accession #: 1985.12.

Donor: Susan C. MesRobian

Cady enlisted and was mustered at Branch County, Mi., on August 24, 1861 in Company D, 11th Infantry. Cady was later transferred to Medical Department at Bardstown Kentucky, on April 1, 1862.

Included in this series are four photocopied letters that Cady wrote in 1862, while stationed at the Medical Department. He wrote about the conditions of the hospitals that he visited, some in depth reports on the wounds of the soldiers, his general duties and several humorous antidotes.