[Journal of the V Corps, U. S. Army, 1864-1865 : various place in Virginia. 19th cent.

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[Journal of the V Corps, U. S. Army, 1864-1865 : various place in Virginia. 19th cent.

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Dr. Winne entered the Union Army as an assistant surgeon, Aug. 5, 1861. His reports to the Medical Director of the Army of the Potomac, Lieut. Col. Thomas A. McParlin, include the four divisional and the artillery brigade hospitals of the V Corps. His journal begins with the Battle of the Wilderness as Gen. U.S. Grant starts the Army of the Potomac towards Richmond. Dr. Winne kept daily records of the casualties and movements of ambulance trains until the V Corps began its march back to Washington in May of 1865. Interspersed among the statistics is a narrative of troop movements, fighting, weather conditions, health of the troops, and descriptions of wounds and of the workings of the Medical Dept. of Army of the Potomac. Dr. Winne gives details, such as names of the medical personnel.

[200] p. ; 18 x 10 cm.

Duke University, Medical Center Library & Archives

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United States. Army. Medical Department

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War Department General Order no. 1 for 1904 required "every staff corps and department, regiment, battalion not forming part of a regiment, and independent troop, battery, or company" to keep "a detailed history of the services of the organization. This history will, at all times, be kept as nearly up to date as possible." From the guide to the Papers pertaining to the current history of the U.S. Medical Dept., 1905-1913, (History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine) ...

Winne, Charles Knickerbocker.

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Dr. Charles Knickerbocker Winne of New York, N.Y., a surgeon interested in excisions of the hip-joint, was one of a group of American medical statisticians in 1861, when he published a statistical article in the American journal of medical science. His interest are reflected in his journal, May 3, 1863-May 12, 1865. From the description of [Journal of the V Corps, U. S. Army, 1864-1865 : various place in Virginia. 19th cent. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 421129540 ...

McParlin, T. A. (Thomas Andrew), 1825-1897

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