Rhode Island's Civil War hospital
Subtitle: life and death at Portsmouth Grove, 1862-1865
By: Frank L. Grzyb ; foreword by Robert C. Rubel
Publisher: McFarland & Co., Publishers; McFarland & Company; McFarland
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780786468614
Subjects: Medical care; Military Medicine; Hospitals; Military hospitals; History
Description: "During the Civil War, Union soldiers and Confederate prisoners convalesced in a general army hospital in Portsmouth Grove, Rhode Island. This study details experiences of those who received and provided care, exploring the barbarities of medicine, daily routine, role of citizens, later adventures of former patients/staff, and final resting places of those who died on the grounds"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Present-Day Portsmouth; title: Nineteenth-Century Medicine; title: Genesis : Early 1862; title: A Shaky Beginning; title: The Pen Is Mightier Than the Sword; title: Shelter and Rations; title: Hospital Guards; title: Liquor, Trouble, and Discipline; title: Hospital Volunteers and Benefactors; title: New Arrivals : Unanticipated Problems; title: Angels of Mercy; title: Late 1862 and 1863; title: 1864; title: War's End : Glory, Glory, Halleluiah; title: Appendix A: Hospital Guards-Rhode Island Volunteers; title: Appendix B: Roll of Honor; title: Appendix C: Map of Cypress Hills National Cemetery.