Hospital Transports: A Memoir of the Embarkation of the Sick and Wounded from the Peninsula of Virginia in the Summer of 1862

by Laura L. Behling (Editor), Laura L. Behling (Introduction)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780791483657
Publisher:	State University of New York Press
Publication date:	02/01/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	170
File size:	727 KB

About the Author

Laura L. Behling is Assistant Professor of English at Gustavus Adolphus College and the author of The Masculine Woman in America, 1890–1935.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Part One

Editor's Introduction

Part Two

Hospital Transports: A Memoir

Introduction

Chapter I

Chapter II

Chapter III

Chapter IV

Chapter V

Chapter VI

Appendices

Appendix A

Appendix B

Appendix C

Appendix D

Index