TY - BOOK ID - 30664980 TI - Hospital transports AU - Olmsted, Frederick Law AU - Behling, Laura L PY - 2005 SN - 0791483657 1423743865 9781423743866 0791463699 9780791463697 9780791483657 PB - Albany State University of New York Press DB - UniCat KW - Hospital ships KW - Transports KW - Medical personnel KW - Peninsular Campaign, 1862. KW - History KW - United States Sanitary Commission. KW - United States KW - Hospitals. KW - Medical care. KW - Health care personnel KW - Health care professionals KW - Health manpower KW - Health personnel KW - Health professions KW - Health sciences personnel KW - Health services personnel KW - Healthcare professionals KW - Medical manpower KW - Troopships KW - Floating hospitals KW - U.S. Sanitary Commission KW - Sanitary Commission (U.S.) KW - Sanitary Commission of the United States Army KW - Sanitary Committee (U.S.) KW - Sanitation Commission (U.S.) KW - Professional employees KW - Transportation, Military KW - Hospitals, Naval and marine KW - Mobile hospitals KW - Ships KW - Civilian relief KW - Medical care KW - Peninsula Campaign, Va., 1862 KW - Peninsular Campaign, 1862 UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:30664980 AB - The care of the sick, wounded, and dying during the American Civil War was a complex endeavor that brought ordinary men and women into contact with the terror of the battlefield. Hospital Transports is a compilation of letters and other papers written by physicians and nurses serving aboard the Union hospital steamboat Daniel Webster in the summer of 1862. The text details sleeping arrangements, cooking and feeding schedules, medical practices, and the incorporation of liberated slaves from the Lee plantation into the daily work of the ship. Clearly described are the emotional, visceral reactions of the corps of medical personnel who, as their ship makes its way along the Potomac picking up casualties, question the philosophies at the root of war, and the metaphysical questions concerning the definitions of life and death. ER -