CSA Field Hospital

Robert E. Lee Convened War Council here on July 1, 1863.

Marker is on Hanover Road (Pennsylvania Route 116) 0.5 miles west of U.S. 15, on the right when traveling west.

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Field Hospital of the 32nd Massachusetts Infantry

2nd Brigade, 1st Division

Behind this group of rocks, on the afternoon of July 2nd, 1863, Surgeon Z. Boylston Adams placed the Field Hospital of the 32nd Massachusetts Infantry, 2nd Brigade, 1st Div., 5th Army Corps. Established so near the line ...

The Depot Field Hospital

“The sick and wounded are as promptly and carefully taken care of as those in a City or Town, and probably much better.”

- Gen. Rufus Ingalls, USA

Across the cove from you, on the site of the modern hospital, stood the ...

The American Red Cross - Harvard Field Hospital Unit

(September 1939 - July 1942)

This plaque acknowledges the public spirit of Harvard University and the dedication of the staff of the American Red Cross - Harvard Field Hospital Unit, who provided and staffed a pre-fabricated hospital sent to Salisbury, ...

Depot Field Hospital

Union Medical Care at its Best

“I think this is a very good place with the exception of too many lice.” - Stephen P. Chase, 86th New York Volunteers.

Lice may have been the only problem the staff of the Depot Field ...

Location of Field Hospitals

During the Battle of Gettysburg

Army of the Potomac

Medical Department

Location of the Field Hospitals

During the Battle of Gettysburg

1st Corps - July 1st at the Lutheran Theological Seminary and in Gettysburg

July 2nd near White Church on Baltimore Pike

2nd Corps - July 2nd ...

Field Hospital

After the Battle of Shiloh, Federal soldiers buried the dead, and medical officers faced the enormous task of caring for the 16,400 wounded. Many were crowded onto steamboats for transport to Northern cities, while others were taken to nearby homes. ...

Civil War Field Hospital

(Front):

Built in 1852, this building was adjacent to location of the Battle of Richmond, Aug. 29-30, 1862, and became field hospital for Gen. Wm. Nelson's 1st and 2nd brigades, USA. Mortality was high, and about forty Union soldiers were ...

Mt. Zion Church - Field Hospital

THE SANCTUARY BECAME A SURGERY

On the day of the battle, August 30, 1862, the temperature hovered near 100 degrees. As the battle raged, ambulances drawn by sweating horses raced into the churchyard, bringing more and more casualties to Mt. Zion ...

American Field Hospital

1781 Siege of Yorktown

I attended at the hospital, amputated a man’s arm, and assisted in dressing a number of wounds.

Dr. James Thacher, October 1781

I hastened with all speed to the hospital … to procure another supply from Dr. Craik; and ...