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Tag Archives: hospitals
3 March 1865: “With regard to the prison stations at Andersonville, Salisbury and other places south of Richmond[…] We are satisfied that privation, suffering and mortality, to an extent much to be regretted, did prevail among the prisoners there, but they were not the result of neglect, still less of design on the part of the Confederate government.”
Item description: Report, dated 3 March 1865, of the Joint Select Committee appointed to investigate the Condition and Treatment of Prisoners of War. [Note: The image above is only the first page of the report. Click here to see a complete … Continue reading
Posted in Rare Book Collection
Tagged Andersonville, Confederate Congress, Confederate imprints, hospitals, Johnson's Island, Libby Prison, prisoner exchange, prisoners-of-war, prisons, reports, Salisbury Prison, smallpox
Comments Off on 3 March 1865: “With regard to the prison stations at Andersonville, Salisbury and other places south of Richmond[…] We are satisfied that privation, suffering and mortality, to an extent much to be regretted, did prevail among the prisoners there, but they were not the result of neglect, still less of design on the part of the Confederate government.”
29 September 1864: “our men whipped the Yanks”
Item Description: Letter dated 29 September 1864 written by Wat W. Barrow who was at Chimborazo Hospital in Richmond. He writes to Louisa Watkins, describing his injuries, expressing his worries about brother Orren, and giving news of Hairston Watkins at … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Chimborazo Hospital, George Hairston Papers, hospitals, Richmond (V.A.)
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30 August 1864: “extra pay will be allowed certain men in General Hospitals…”
Item Description: A circular, dated 30 August 1864, from the War Department, Surgeon General’s Office regarding extra pay for certain men in General Hospitals. Item Citation: Circular no. 17. Richmond : Surgeon-General’s Office, 1864. 1004.5 Conf., Rare Book Collection, Wilson … Continue reading
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Tagged circulars, hospitals, pay, Richmond (V.A.), Surgeon General's Office
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27 May 1864: “But the answer was Oh no you cant stay here you’ve got to go to the Front.”
Item Description: Diary entry, 27 May 1864, written by Henry K. White, describing being sent into battle from the hospital and differences in treatment of enlisted men vs. officers. White was mustered into the 23rd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment on 21 September … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged 23rd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, doctors, Henry K. White, hospitals
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25 February 1864: “… they are used for paving stones & are calculated generally to last ‘3 years or during the war'”
Item description: Letter, dated 25 February 1864, from Edward W. Allen to his parents. In this letter, Allen describes activities at Camp Randall, Wisconsin, including a description of hardtack, friends in the Hospital, and sending photographs to friends and family. … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Camp Randall, disease, hospitals, photographs, rations, Vicksburg, Wisconsin
Comments Off on 25 February 1864: “… they are used for paving stones & are calculated generally to last ‘3 years or during the war'”
6 July 1863: “just as we got limburd up and started before a shell came over and struck right squar down by my feet and drove the dirt clean threw the skin”
Item Description: Letter, 6 July 1863, describing Eldridge B. Platt’s involvement in the battle of Gettysburg, where he was blinded for two days from a near miss by an exploding shell. Platt (b. 1847) enlisted as a drummer in the 2nd Connecticut … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Battle of Gettysburg, casualties, Eldridge B. Platt, hospitals, shelling
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7 May 1863: “AN APPEAL For The Sick And Wounded Soldiers“
Item Description: In this broadside, members of the Salisbury [N.C.] Way-Side Hospital committee call for donations of “provisions, medicines, delicacies for the sick, and money” to help care for wounded and sick soldiers. The appeal ends with a call to … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged broadsides, Confederate hospital, home front, homefront, hospitals, North Carolina, Salisbury, Salisbury Way-side Hospital, sickness, soldier conditions, wounded soldiers
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31 October 1862: “there is now an ulcer about the bigness of the palm of my hand, laying the cords of my leg almost bare.”
Item description: Letter, dated 31 October 1862, from Charles H. Little, Company K, 9th New Hampshire Volunteers, to his wife. Little writes from a hospital in Frederick, Maryland, describing the treatment he has been receiving for a wound received at the … Continue reading
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Tagged 9th New Hampshire Volunteers, Battle of Antietam, Charles H. Little, Civil War medicine, Frederick, hospitals, Maryland, Maryland Campaign, New Hampshire, wounded soldiers
Comments Off on 31 October 1862: “there is now an ulcer about the bigness of the palm of my hand, laying the cords of my leg almost bare.”
25 September 1862: “scarce do my thoughts wander to my loved ere they wander to my little teaze.”
Item description: Letter, dated 25 September 1862, from J. Smith DuShane (Pat), a sergeant in Company K of the 100th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, to his ‘beloved’; The letter describes how he was wounded at 2nd Bull Run on 29 Aug. 1862. Item … Continue reading
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Tagged Finley Hospital, hospitals, J. Smith DuShane, love letters, Pennsylvania, Second Battle of Bull Run, Second Battle of Manassas, Virginia
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23 September 1862: “…said to myself that was Ray Wells but could not tell for certain their was so many that lay dead on so small a spot of ground that I did not want to look any more than I was obliged too…”
Item description: Letter, 23 September 1862, from Homer Case of the 12th New York Infantry to Mrs. A. H. Hall, sister of William Ray Wells, private in the 12th New York Infantry Regiment (“Onondaga Regiment”). Case wrote from Cliffburn General Hospital … Continue reading
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Tagged 12th New York Infantry Regiment, casualties, Cliffburn General Hospital, Homer Case, hospitals, New York, Onondaga Regiment, Second Battle of Bull Run, Second Battle of Manassas, William Ray Wells
Comments Off on 23 September 1862: “…said to myself that was Ray Wells but could not tell for certain their was so many that lay dead on so small a spot of ground that I did not want to look any more than I was obliged too…”