Letters From a Surgeon of the Civil War: Chapter I: In the Chesapeake Hospital, Fortress: May 28th to July 3rd, 1862

Letters From a Surgeon of the Civil War: Chapter I: In the Chesapeake Hospital, Fortress: May 28th to July 3rd, 1862

Civil War History and Civil War Medical History

This source gives insight into Dr. Perry's initial arrival at Chesapeake Hospital and his experience therein. He recalls interactions with captured Confederates as well as the large volume of wounded soldiers that regularly arrived at the hospital. The source also sheds light on interaction between Union and Confederate men and the mutual understanding that soldiers often had of each other, when off of the battle field.

Dr. John G. Perry

Martha Derby Perry

Little, Brown, and Company

Compiled and Published in 1906; Written between 1862 and 1864

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