Medical Department

Army of the Potomac

Medical Department

Field Hospitals

First Corps

The Division Field Hospitals of the First Corps were located July 1st at the Lutheran Theological Seminary, the Penna. College, the Courthouse, and other churches and buildings in Gettysburg. When these fell into the hands of the Confederates the chief medical officers remained with the wounded.

July 2nd Hospitals were established near White Church on the Baltimore Pike. These Hospitals cared for 2379 wounded.

Medical Director 1st Corps Surgeon J.T. Heard U.S. Volunteers

1st Division Surgeon G.W. New 7th Indiana Infantry

2nd Division Surgeon C.J. Nordquist 83rd N.Y. Infantry

3rd Division Surgeon W.T. Humphrey 149th Penna. Infantry

Medical Officer in charge of the Corps Hospitals Surgeon A.J. Ward 2nd Wisconsin Infantry.

Marker is at the intersection of Baltimore Pike (State Highway 97) and White Church Road, on the right when traveling east on Baltimore Pike.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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