Hospital Transports: A Memoir Of The Embarkation Of The Sick And Wounded From The Peninsula Of Virginia In The Summer Of 1862 Project Muse Upcc Books

The Care Of The Sick, Wounded, And Dying During The American Civil War Was A Complex Endeavor That Brought Ordinary Men And Women Into Contact With The Terror Of The Battlefield. Hospital Transports Is A Compilation Of Letters And Other Papers Written By Physicians And Nurses Serving Aboard The Union Hospital Steamboat Daniel Webster In The Summer Of 1862. The Text Details Sleeping Arrangements, Cooking And Feeding Schedules, Medical Practices, And The Incorporation Of Liberated Slaves From The Lee Plantation Into The Daily Work Of The Ship. Clearly Described Are The Emotional, Visceral Reactions Of The Corps Of Medical Personnel Who, As Their Ship Makes Its Way Along The Potomac Picking Up Casualties, Question The Philosophies At The Root Of War, And The Metaphysical Questions Concerning The Definitions Of Life And Death.--jacket. Edited And With An Introduction By Laura L. Behling. Originally Published: Boston : Ticknor And Fields, 1863. Letters And Papers Compiled By Frederick Law Olmsted At The Request Of The United States Sanitary Commission. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 35-36) And Index. ISBN-13: 9780791463697 Hospital Transports: A Memoir of the Embarkation of the Sick and Wounded from the Peninsula of Virginia in the Summer of 1862 4 Acknowledgments 8 Part One 10 Editor’s Introduction 12 Part Two 46 Hospital Transports: A Memoir 50 Introduction 54 Chapter I. 60 Chapter II. 68 Chapter III. 78 Chapter IV. 96 Chapter V. 112 Chapter VI. 132 Appendix 138 Appendix A. 140 Appendix B. 144 Appendix C. 152 Appendix D. 160 Index 168 A 168 B 168 C 168 F 168 G 168 H 168 I 169 J 169 K 169 M 169 N 170 O 170 P 170 Q 170 R 170 S 170 T 170 U 170 W 171 Y 171 Z 171 #,Publisher:,State,University,of,New,York,Press,#,Number,Of,Pages:,162,#,ISBN-10,/,ASIN:,0791463699 (A.) Hospital Transport Daniel Webster, Cheeseman's Creek, April 30, 1862. I received General Meigs's order under which this ship came into our hands on Friday. Details the reactions of men and women serving aboard a hospital transport ship during the American Civil War.