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Too much for human endurance : the George Spangler farm hospitals and the Battle of Gettysburg /

The stories of the doctors, nurses and patients at the Union Army's hospital in Gettysburg come to life in this unique Civil War history. Those who toiled and suffered at the Army of the Potomac's XI Corps hospital at the George Spangler Farm in Gettysburg have long since departed. But Ron...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kirkwood, Ronald D. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: El Dorado Hills, California : Savas Beatie, [2019]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • The Spanglers stayed
  • An early start on the suffering
  • In the middle of it all
  • Restless nights (Ruch report no. 1)
  • The Hovey family
  • The medicine and sanitation
  • A sunrise walk
  • The artillery reserve to the rescue
  • Pvt. George Nixon III
  • Day 2 at the hospital (Ruch report no. 2)
  • The granite schoolhouse hospital
  • July 3, 1863 (Ruch report no. 3)
  • Brig. Gen. Lewis A. Armistead
  • July 4, 1863 (Ruch report no. 4)
  • The Barlows at Spangler
  • Nurse Rebecca Lane Pennypacker Price
  • Gerrit Smith, Joseph Heeney, and Nurse Price
  • Charity pours in (Ruch report no. 5)
  • The Spangler surgeons (Ruch report no. 6)
  • After the fight (Ruch report no. 7)
  • The other Spanglers (Ruch report no. 8)
  • What happened to the Spanglers
  • A tour of the farm today.