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Author:

Grzyb, Frank L., 1946-

Title:

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

Publisher:

McFarland,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

xi, 196 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Portsmouth Grove Hospital (Portsmouth, R.I.)--History.
Military hospitals--Portsmouth--Portsmouth--History--19th century.
Medicine, Military--Portsmouth--Portsmouth--History--19th century.
Rhode Island--Hospitals.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Hospitals.
Rhode Island--Medical care.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical care.
United States--Hospitals.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Hospitals.
United States--Medical care.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical care.

Notes:

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

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.

Summary:

"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.

ISBN:

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

OCLC:

(OCoLC)757461960

LCCN:

2012014923

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)