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_aOlmsted, Frederick Law, _d1822-1903 |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | _aHospital transports |
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_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2016 |
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_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats |
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| 500 | _aRelease date is 2016-05-22 | ||
| 508 | _aProduced by Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) | ||
| 520 | _a"Hospital Transports: A Memoir of the Embarkation of the Sick and Wounded from the Peninsula of Virginia in the Summer of 1862" is a historical account published in the early 1860s. This work compiles observations and experiences from the Sanitary Commission's efforts to care for sick and wounded soldiers during the American Civil War. The memoir provides insight into various logistics, operations, and the personal narratives of those involved in the hospital transport service, particularly focusing on the challenges and successes of the commissions during a critical time. The opening of the memoir introduces the setting of the Civil War and details the Sanitary Commission's response to the urgent need for medical transport of soldiers from the Peninsula of Virginia. It outlines the initial task of refitting the transport ship, the "Daniel Webster", to provide a suitable environment for recovering patients. Early challenges included inadequate medical arrangements, harsh conditions for the sick, and the immense logistics required for transport and care at sea and during battle. The narrative includes firsthand accounts from various members of the commission, highlighting both the suffering of the men being transported and the dedicated efforts of the volunteers, surgeons, and nurses working tirelessly to provide care amid chaos. (This is an automatically generated summary.) | ||
| 534 | _nOriginal publication data not identified | ||
| 653 | _aUnited States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Hospitals | ||
| 653 | _aUnited States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives | ||
| 653 | _aUnited States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care | ||
| 653 | _aUnited States Sanitary Commission | ||
| 653 | _aHospital ships -- United States -- History -- 19th century | ||
| 653 | _aHospital ships -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century | ||
| 653 | _aTransports -- United States -- History -- 19th century | ||
| 653 | _aTransports -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century | ||
| 653 | _aMedical personnel -- United States -- Correspondence | ||
| 653 | _aPeninsular Campaign, 1862 | ||
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