Final Bloodshed: Hospitals and Caring for the Wounded in the Appomattox Campaign ( Chris M. Calkins, Patrick A. Schroeder - MD) tour S/L# 10339

S/L# 10339

Nelly’s name may have been scrubbed from Anne’s published diary

the 147th New York went into battle to the north of the Railroad Cut

Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign

Despite its sacrifices in the Eastern campaigns and successes in Tennessee

Final Bloodshed: Hospitals and Caring for the Wounded in the Appomattox Campaign ( Chris M. Calkins, Patrick A. Schroeder - MD) tour S/L# 10339Four years of war provided the armies with many improvements. By the spring of 1865, the Medical Departments established efficient systems to deal with fallen soldiers. As a result, casualty survival improved during the last campaign. In this study, we have brought together numerous primary source accounts and documents of how both the Army of the Potomac and the Army of the James followed these improved practices during the final campaign of the war