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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    “ Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, “ Gamp near Harrison’s Landing, Fa., Aug. 2, 1862. “Special Orders, No. 147. “The following regulations for the organization of the ambulance corps and the management of ambu- lance trains, are published for the information and government of all concerned. Commanders of Army Corps will see that they are carried into effect without delay. “ 1. The ambulance corps will be organized on the basis of a captain to each Army Corps, as the command- ant of the ambulance corps; a first lieutenant for a division, second lieutenant for a brigade, and a ser- geant for each regiment. “ 2. The allowance of ambulances and transport carts will be: one transport cart, one four-horse and two two-horse ambulances for a regiment; one two- horse ambulance for each battery of artillery; and two two-horse ambulances for the headquarters of each Army Corps. Each ambulance will be provided with two stretchers. “ 3. The privates of the ambulance corps will con- sist of two men and a driver to each ambulance, and one driver to each transport cart. “ 4. The captain is the commander of all the am-, bulances and transport carts in the Army Corps, under