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Author: United States Sanitary Commission
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Category : Military hospitals
Languages : en
Pages : 338

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Author: United States Sanitary Commission
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Pages : 346

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Author: United States Sanitary Commission
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781528383561
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 326

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Excerpt from The Sanitary Commission of the United States Army: A Succinct Narrative of Its Works and Purposes The United States Sanitary Commission may safely leave its history to be written in the Annals of the War. In that history, however, the pub he has an interest which calls for the occasional publication of such records of the work in progress, and such, a description of its methods, purposes, and results, as shall correctly set forth the practical features of this great system of supplementary aid. This volume has been prepared with the design of meeting the demand for a succinct narrative of the origin, purposes, progress, and present condi tion of the Commission's methods and departments of labor. Connected outlines, together with reviews and condensed abstracts of current reports, are made to bring forward a concise record of the work, from the period of its inception to the present time. The faithfulness of the narrative has been Verified at every step, by one who has attentively observed the Commission's plans and labors from the beginning, and his object will be fully attained if the book conveys to the reader's mind a truthful and connected view of the whole scheme - past and present - of the objects, spirit, and practical operations of the Commission. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author: Shauna Devine
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469611554
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 386

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Learning from the Wounded: The Civil War and the Rise of American Medical Science

Author: Jim Downs
Publisher: OUP USA
ISBN: 0199758727
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 279

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Sick from Freedom provides the first study of the health conditions of emancipated slaves and reveals the epidemics, illnesses, and poverty that former slaves suffered from when slavery ended and freedom began.

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Pages : 832

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Author: US Army Military History Research Collection
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 604

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Author: Gregory Coco
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1940669790
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 227

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“An extremely detailed history of 160 hospital sites that formed to care for soldiers who were wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg.” —Civil War Cycling Nearly 26,000 men were wounded in the three-day battle of Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863). It didn’t matter if the soldier wore blue or gray or was an officer or enlisted man, for bullets, shell fragments, bayonets, and swords made no class or sectional distinction. Almost 21,000 of the wounded were left behind by the two armies in and around the small town of 2,400 civilians. Most ended up being treated in makeshift medical facilities overwhelmed by the flood of injured. Many of these and their valiant efforts are covered in Greg Coco’s A Vast Sea of Misery. The battle to save the wounded was nearly as terrible as the battle that placed them in such a perilous position. Once the fighting ended, the maimed and suffering warriors could be found in churches, public buildings, private homes, farmhouses, barns, and outbuildings. Thousands more, unreachable or unable to be moved remained in the open, subject to the uncertain whims of the July elements. As one surgeon unhappily recalled, “No written nor expressed language could ever picture the field of Gettysburg! Blood! blood! And tattered flesh! Shattered bones and mangled forms almost without the semblance of human beings!” Based upon years of firsthand research, Coco’s A Vast Sea of Misery introduces readers to 160 of those frightful places called field hospitals. It is a sad journey you will never forget, and you won’t feel quite the same about Gettysburg once you finish reading.