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Gettysburg: "It is Dreadful to Behold"
Sarah Broadhead lived in Gettysburg when the Battle of Gettysburg occurred in July 1863.
"Our Division Had a Rude Field Hospital"
Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain was severely wounded on June 18, 1864, while leading a Union charge near Petersburg, Virginia.
"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...
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...
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.
