The Western Sanitary Commission

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Excerpt from The Western Sanitary Commission: And What It Did for the Sick and Wounded of the Union Armies From 1861 to 1865, With Mention of the Services of Companion James E. Yeatman Therewith The Western Sanitary Commission was the result of a series of sanguinary conflicts in Missouri during the summer of 1861, at Boonville, Dug Spring, Carthage and Wilson's Creek. The last named was fought on the 10th of August, twelve miles south of Springfield, near the Fayetteville road. The wounded of our army, numbering 721 were brought all the way from Springfield to Rolla in ambulances and army wagons, and thence by rail to St. Louis, and so little preparation had been made for such an event there were not additional hospital accommodations for so many in the whole city. The new House of Refuge Hospital, situated two miles south of St. Louis, had been opened by Medical Director De Camp, on the 6th of August, under the charge of two Surgeons of the regular army, but it was unprovided with the requisites for such an emergency. The conditions at the time of the arrival of the Wilson's Creek wounded are thus described:' "It had neither stoves, nor bedsteads, nor beds, nor bedding, nor food, nor nurses, nor anything prepared. The first 100 arrived at night. They had been brought in wagons 120 miles over a rough road, by hurried marches suffering for food and water, from Springfield to Rolla, and thence by rail to St. Louis and to the station on 14th Street. Then, having had nothing to eat for ten hours, they were put into furniture cars and carried the remaining three miles. Bare floors, bare walls and an empty kitchen received them. The kind-hearted Surgeon obtained from the neighbors cooked food for their supper, and lost no time in getting together the means for their comfort. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.