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.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903.

Behling, Laura L., 1967-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States Sanitary Commission.

Hospital ships--United States--History--19th century.

Hospital ships.

Hospital ships--Virginia--History--19th century.

Transports--United States--History--19th century.

Transports.

Transports--Virginia--History--19th century.

Medical personnel--United States--Correspondence.

Medical personnel.

Peninsular Campaign, Va., 1862.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Hospitals.

United States.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical care.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (171 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

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:

9780791483657

0791483657

9781423743866

1423743865

OCLC:

76786411