Medical recollections of the Army of the Potomac / by Jonathan Letterman.

  • Letterman, Jonathan, 1824-1872.
Date:
1866
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Credit: Medical recollections of the Army of the Potomac / by Jonathan Letterman. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ordered to Cliancellorsville, and upon its arrival took a position on tlie extreme riglit of the line—in a for- est with dense undergrowth. Those who were wounded near Fredericksburg were left in their hos- pitals, abundantly supplied with every thing neces- sary for their welfare. The First; Corps did not arrive in time to participate in the battle of Chancel- lorsville, and had few wounded on that field. On the 6th of May, it returned to its former camps near Belle Plain. “ All the arrangements of the Medical Department and the Ambulance Corps worked with great harmony, supplies were abundant, and I firmly believe that the wounded were cared for in the best possible manner.” * The Fifth Corps, under Major-General Meade, the Eleventh, under Major-General Howard, and the Twelfth, under Major-General Slocum, marched by way of Kelly’s Ford over the Rappahannock, and Ely’s Ford over the Rapidan, and reached Chancel- lorsville on the 30th of April. Some slight skirmish- ing occurred on their way to this place, so appropri- ately denominated the Wilderness. On the 1st of May the division of regulars, of the Fifth Corps, on our left, advanced on the “ Old Richmond Pike ” toward Fredericksburg, met the enemy about a mile from Cliancellorsville, and drove him about two miles, * Report of Surgeon Heard, Medical Director of the First Corps.