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Letter from S. R. Norton to Hattie Norton, 1864-11-06
No full textMr. Norton writes his wife of how busy that he has been. He was sent on a reconnaissance party. He writes of family and friends
Letter from S. R. Norton to Hattie Norton, 1864-12-06
No full textMr. Norton, 2nd Lieutenant, reports to his wife, Hattie, from Stevenson, Alabama, about the activities of the past two weeks since his last letter. Decatur was evacuated and burned except four buildings. His regiment was to packed everything and leave with five days of rations. The Confederates were attracted to the smoke from the burning barracks. They were at the picket lines. When last of the Union troops (18th Regiment of Michigan and 103rd Regiment of Ohio) crossed the bridge, it was cut. From the bank of the river, they shelled the rebels until dark. They marched over 127 miles to Huntsville. It was evacuated. They rode the train to Brownsville and continue to a place near Bellfont. Mr. Norton worked on building winter quarters not knowing how long he would be there
Letter from S. R. Norton to Hattie Norton, 1864-10-25
No full textFrom City Hotel, Nashville, Tennessee, Mr. Norton writes his wife that he is now a Second Lieutenant of Company G and tells her of his pay. He mustered for the unexpired term of the regiment. Prisoners captured at Athens could be counted as the aggregate of the company. He will start back to Decatur soon
Letter from S. R. Norton to Hattie Norton, 1864-06-24
No full textMr. Norton, an orderly sergeant, writes his wife, Hattie, of being sick in Nashville and later in the camp. He was excused from picket duty and scouting for several days. A scouting party of two hundred soldiers from the regiment met a rebel picket. He gives details of the wounded and possible reasons why it went so badly for the company. He explains to her that as an orderly that he is not allow on picket or scouting trips
Letter from S. R. Norton to Hattie Norton, 1864-11-13
No full textMr. Norton writes wife, Hattie, of returning to Decatur from Huntsville, Alabama and not finding a letter from her. He is delayed in Huntsville after escorting men there. In Huntsville, he spent his time strolling the streets and meets one of his former prisoners, who invited him to dinner. He attended a Presbyterian church. In Decatur, he found his discharge so he could have his pay drawn up
Letter from S. R. Norton to Hattie Norton, 1864-06-14
No full textMr. Norton, an orderly sergeant, writes his wife, Hattie, of the camp movement and the possibility of going to Rome, Georgia. He tells her of the destruction caused by their big guns in Decatur and the burning of a pontoon bridge across the Tennessee River two years earlier. In his postscript, he mentions that he has certificates from rebels of receiving kind treatment as prisoners from him and to do likewise to him if captured
Letter from S. R. Norton to Hattie Norton, 1864-06-29
No full textMr. Norton, an orderly sergeant, describes to his wife, Hattie, of the scouting party that was sent out. Its number and what companies are involved. He realizes that he had not told her of the barracks and his sleeping and desk arrangements. He gives this information in great detail. Another officer brought Catawba wine, raisins, lemonade, and cigars. This cause quite a stirred in camp. The colonel has promised something for the 4th
Letter from S. R. Norton to Hattie Norton, 1864-09-22
No full textMr. Norton writes his wife of the poor postal communications. His regiment is currently camped in Decatur, Alabama. They are performing drills and serving on the picket lines. He tells her about the fighting in the Shenandoah Valley and the possibility of the state of Georgia returning to the Union. He will send her some of his pay and talks about the recruitment. A letter that he wrote may be published in the local newspaper so he wants her to watch for it and any responses that it might receive
Letter from S. R. Norton to Hattie Norton, 1864-09-27
No full textMr. Norton reports to his wife, Hattie, of the rebel threat against Athens, Alabama. Part of Mr. Norton's and part of the 102th Ohio regiments were sent to reinforce it. The Union forces surrender to the enormous rebel force. He gives her the counts of the missing, wounded, and killed. He tells her of his part. As he is going to reinforce the troops, he learns that the surrender. He returns to the junction. During the night, he has a fever and unable to go scouting the next day. It is possibility that the captured Union soldiers will travel to Florence and be taken to Georgia. Others went to Athens to find out what they could
Other Titles: Biennial Report of Norton State Hospital, 1968-1980 Norton State Hospital (1968-1980)
No full textThese biennial reports are summaries of the activities of this agency. They were extracted from a series of Kansas agency reports covering over 100 state agencies and institutions bound together for each biennium., 1959/1960 - 1979/1980.
Norton State Hospital succeeded the State Sanatorium for Tuberculosis in 1967.
Norton State Hospital became Norton Correctional Facility in 1987.
Reports for 1960-1966 are found under State Sanatorium for Tuberculosis.Norton State Hospital occupies the original site of the State Sanatorium for Tuberculosis. Norton State Hospital from 1915 to 1970 was primarily concerned with the diagnosis, treatment, and care of tuberculosis. The tuberculosis patient population began a gradual decline after 1951 and the 1963 Legislature authorized the State Board of Social Welfare to transfer certain wards of the state and patients from other state institutions except the youth centers — mentally retarded, ambulatory, adult residents requiring only minimal care who could benefit from training procedures — to the Sanatorium for Tuberculosis Patients at Norton. With the increasing number of mentally retarded patients at the facility, and the growing trend to treat them, plus the declining numbers of tuberculosis patients being treated, the 1967 legislature changed the name from State Sanatorium for Tuberculosis to Norton State Hospital. While the primary purpose of Norton State Hospital from 1915 to 1963 was the diagnosis, treatment, care, and disposition for cases of tuberculosis, from 1963 to June 1970 the hospital served a dual role, giving care to both tuberculosis and mentally retarded cases. The in-patient care of tuberculosis was terminated April 30, 1968 and the outpatient care of tuberculosis was terminated June 30, 1970. Since July 1, 1970, the hospital has been primarily concerned with the treatment, diagnosis and care of the mentally retarded. The hospital provides evaluation, diagnosis, care and possible placement for the mentally retarded in the western Kansas region. The purpose of this institution is to provide training and education for the mentally retarded adults transferred to the facility. To fulfill this, we have developed five long-range goals: To develop individual skills and abilities through programming for each resident; To prepare residents for community living; To establish an adult learning center and to make it available to every resident in the institution; To provide quality medical and allied services care for each of our residents; and To provide high quality administrative services to support the program and maintain the physical facilities at this institution. By the end of 1974, Norton State Hospital had developed its treatment around an interdisciplinary team approach. There are three interdisciplinary teams presently functioning which have been developed along the basic theme of giving appropriate programming according to the individualized training needs of each resident. The three basic general areas were determined to be: (1) Self-help training: Here, skills are stressed in such areas as: eating, dressing, toileting, personal cleanliness, care of personal possessions and areas, and basic socialization. (2) Behavioral training: Here, areas such as behavioral control and socialization skills are stressed along with pre-vocational or vocational training. (3) Behavioral refining and training for community living: Here, emphasis is placed on behaviors which are needed for non-institutional, community-type living. Therefore, according to these three broad areas, residents were transferred into three sections of the facility according to their training needs, and three interdisciplinary teams were formed to develop habilitative programs for each individual resident in these three specific areas. All new residents have a recommended individual program within 30 days after admission
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