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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 / / edited and with an introduction by Laura L. Behling



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Titolo: Hospital transports : 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 Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2005
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (171 p.)
Disciplina: 973.7/76
Soggetto topico: 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
Soggetto geografico: 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
Altri autori: OlmstedFrederick Law <1822-1903.>  
BehlingLaura L. <1967->  
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.
Titolo autorizzato: Hospital transports  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-7914-8365-7
1-4237-4386-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910808146003321
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