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  • Rhode Island's Civil War hospital : life and death at Portsmouth Grove, 1862-1865 / Frank L. Grzyb ; foreword by Robert C. Rubel.

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  • Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2012.
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Description

  • xi, 196 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

ISBN

  • 9780786468614 (softcover : alk. paper)
  • 0786468610 (softcover : alk. paper)

LC classification

  • E621 .G79 2012

Scope and content

  • "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.

Contents

  • Present-Day Portsmouth -- Nineteenth-Century Medicine -- Genesis : Early 1862 -- A Shaky Beginning -- The Pen Is Mightier Than the Sword -- Shelter and Rations -- Hospital Guards -- Liquor, Trouble, and Discipline -- Hospital Volunteers and Benefactors -- New Arrivals : Unanticipated Problems -- Angels of Mercy -- Late 1862 and 1863 -- 1864 -- War's End : Glory, Glory, Halleluiah -- Appendix A: Hospital Guards-Rhode Island Volunteers -- Appendix B: Roll of Honor -- Appendix C: Map of Cypress Hills National Cemetery.

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Notes

  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 184-189) and index.

LCCN

  • 2012014923

Dewey class no.

  • 973.7/76

Geographic area code

  • n-us-ri n-us---

Other system no.

  • (OCoLC)ocn757461960

Type of material

  • Book

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  • FLM2015 050880

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  • c.1 Charged - Due - (Internal Loan)

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