Hospital transports [[electronic resource] ] : a memoir of the embarkation of the sick and wounded from the peninsula of Virginia in the summer of 1862 / / edited and with an introduction by Laura L. Behling

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910808146003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2005
• ISBN: 0-7914-8365-7; 1-4237-4386-5
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (171 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): OlmstedFrederick Law <1822-1903.>; BehlingLaura L. <1967->
• Disciplina: 973.7/76
• Soggetti: Hospital ships - United States - History - 19th century; Hospital ships - Virginia - History - 19th century; Transports - United States - History - 19th century; Transports - Virginia - History - 19th century; Medical personnel - United States; Peninsular Campaign, 1862; United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Hospitals; United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Medical care; United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Originally published: Boston : Ticknor and Fields, 1863.; Letters and papers compiled by Frederick Law Olmsted at the request of the United States Sanitary Commission.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 35-36) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Part One -- Editor’s Introduction -- Part two -- Hospital Transports -- Dedication -- Introduction -- Chapter I. -- Chapter II. -- Chapter III. -- Chapter IV. -- Chapter V. -- Chapter VI. -- Appendix -- Appendix A. -- Appendix B. -- Appendix C. -- Appendix D. -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.