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“We Came to a Small Log House Where Our Wounded Had Been Carried”
Riley M. Hoskinson—a provisions master in the Union army—wrote to his wife on October 27, 1863, describing a Civil War field hospital and how he had...
Vicksburg: "Hospital Accommodation"
The following editorial article appeared in the Vicksburg Daily Whig on February 14, 1863, questioning the use of homes as military hospitals.
Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum
After working on battlefields and in hospitals of the Civil War, Clara Barton found a new calling in the early months of 1865. She became keenly aware...
