Hospital transports
a memoir of the embarkation of the sick and wounded from the peninsula of Virginia in the summer of 1862
by Laura L. Behling
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"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.
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History, Hospitals, Hospital ships, Transports, Medical care, Personal narratives, Medical personnel, Correspondence, Peninsular Campaign, 1862, United States Sanitary Commission, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, medical care, Virginia, history, civil war, 1861-1865, War, medical aspects, Transportation, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, hospitals, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, personal narratives, Peninsular Campaign, Va., 1862, Transportation of Patients, Ships, Naval Medicine, Military Hospitals, American Civil War| Edition | Availability |
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Hospital Transports: A Memoir of the Embarkation of the Sick And Wounded from the Peninsula of Virginia in the Summer of 1862
June 2006, State University of New York Press
Paperback
in English
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Hospital Transports: A Memoir Of The Embarkation Of The Sick And Wounded From The Peninsula Of Virginia In The Summer Of 1862
May 15, 2005, State University of New York Press
Hardcover
in English
0791463699 9780791463697
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Hospital transports: a memoir of the embarkation of the sick and wounded from the peninsula of Virginia in the summer of 1862
2005, State University of New York Press
in English
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Hospital Transports: A Memoir of the Embarkation of the Sick and Wounded from the Peninsula of Virginia in the Summer Of 1862
2005, State University of New York Press
in English
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 35-36) and index.
Originally published: Boston : Ticknor and Fields, 1863.
Letters and papers compiled by Frederick Law Olmsted at the request of the United States Sanitary Commission.
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