The Western Sanitary Commission
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Excerpt from The Western Sanitary Commission: A Sketch of Its Origin, History, Labors for the Sick and Wounded of the Western Armies, and Aid Given to Freedmen and Union Refugees, With Incidents of Hospital Life Soldiers´ Home Established at St. Louis - Premiums Awarded to the Stewards and Wardmasters of the best Hospitals, and to the most Faithful Nurses - The Battle of Pittsburg Landing - Large Number of Wounded - Additional Hospital Steamers furnished - Volunteer Surgeons and Nurses - Additional Hospitals fitted up at St. Louis - Demand for Surgeons - Number of Sick and Wounded in the St. Louis Hospitals - Report of the Commission; Letter of the Commission to the Surgeon General - Scollay´s Deodorizing Burial Case - Capture of Fort Pillow and Memphis - Opening of the Mississippi River to Vicksburg - Fitting out of the Naval Hospital Boat "Red Rover" - Arrival of Gen. Curtis´ Army at Helena - Its Destitute Condition - Sickness of the Army at Helena - Sanitary Depot Established there - Overton Hospital at Memphis - Sick from the Army in Tennessee - Hospitals and Regiments Supplied - The Navy - Letter from Commodore Davis - An Earnest Appeal from the Commission - Generous Response from New England; Army of the Frontier - Agent sent to Springfield, Mo., with stores - Battles at Cross Hollows, Cane Hill, and Prairie Grove - Arrival of Rev. Mr. Newell at Fayetteville with ambulances and sanitary goods - His useful services - His death at a later period - Notice of his character - Flying hospitals - Additional hospitals at St. Louis - The Marine, Jefferson Barracks, and Lawson Hospitals - The diminishing per centage of deaths - The hopeful condition of the armies of the Union - The sympathy of the people with the soldiers - Prospects of ultimate victory; Gen. Sherman´s first attack on Vicksburgh - Works assaulted - Severe losses to the Union arms - Hospital steamers bring the wounded to Memphis and St. Louis - Battle of Arkansas Post - More wounded brought to St.Louis - Delegation of the Ladies´ Union Aid Society of St. Louis - Iowa State agent - Renewal of the expedition against Vicksburg, by Gen. Grant - Increased hospital accommodations required - Visit of Mr. Yeatman to Gen. Grant´s army - His letter - Benton Barracks hospital, St. Louis - Additional hospitals at Memphis - The floating hospital, "City of Alton," the "Ruth," and "Glasgow" - Second visit of Mr. Yeatman to Gen. Grant´s army - His report - Sanitary stores sent to Gen. Grant´s army - Fall of Vicksburg - Its untitled heroes; Soldiers´ Homes at Columbus, Ky., Memphis, Vicksburg, and Helena - Over 150,000 soldier guests entertained - Further account of the St. Louis hospitals - Whole number of patients treated - Number of deaths - Per centage of deaths - The Military prisons at St. Louis and Alton, Illinois - Humane treatment of sick prisoners. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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