Project Gutenberg 2016-05-22 Public domain in the USA. 234 Olmsted, Frederick Law 1822 1903 Olmstead, Frederick Law 10023121 Hospital transports : $b A memoir of the embarkation of the sick and wounded from the peninsula of Virginia in the summer of 1862 Produced by Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Hospital Transports: A Memoir of the Embarkation of the Sick and Wounded from the Peninsula of Virginia in the Summer of 1862" is a historical account published in the early 1860s. This work compiles observations and experiences from the Sanitary Commission's efforts to care for sick and wounded soldiers during the American Civil War. The memoir provides insight into various logistics, operations, and the personal narratives of those involved in the hospital transport service, particularly focusing on the challenges and successes of the commissions during a critical time. The opening of the memoir introduces the setting of the Civil War and details the Sanitary Commission's response to the urgent need for medical transport of soldiers from the Peninsula of Virginia. It outlines the initial task of refitting the transport ship, the "Daniel Webster", to provide a suitable environment for recovering patients. Early challenges included inadequate medical arrangements, harsh conditions for the sick, and the immense logistics required for transport and care at sea and during battle. The narrative includes firsthand accounts from various members of the commission, highlighting both the suffering of the men being transported and the dedicated efforts of the volunteers, surgeons, and nurses working tirelessly to provide care amid chaos. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 63.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Hospitals United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care United States Sanitary Commission Hospital ships -- United States -- History -- 19th century Hospital ships -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century Transports -- United States -- History -- 19th century Transports -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century Medical personnel -- United States -- Correspondence Peninsular Campaign, 1862 E456 Text Category: Biographies Category: History - American Category: History - Warfare Category: Health & Medicine 272896 2025-08-21T04:10:03.761705 text/html 249940 2024-10-23T00:35:57 text/html 316038 2025-08-21T04:10:08.807636 application/epub+zip 312588 2025-08-21T04:10:04.853664 application/epub+zip 178395 2025-08-21T04:10:04.287662 application/epub+zip 393648 2025-08-21T04:10:12.001615 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 356989 2025-08-21T04:10:08.291703 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 223472 2022-09-23T19:00:36.148659 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 233829 2025-08-21T04:10:03.315691 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 213803 2024-10-23T00:35:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19748 2025-08-21T04:10:12.148676 application/rdf+xml 10468 2025-08-21T04:10:04.373649 image/jpeg 1590 2025-08-21T04:10:04.330673 image/jpeg 275808 2025-08-21T04:10:03.789657 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia