5/26/2023 0 Comments Civil war hospital photos![]() ![]() Library of Congress Duplication Services. The Library of Congress because of rights considerations, but you have access to larger size images onĪlternatively, you can purchase copies of various types through (Some images display only as thumbnails outside If an image is displaying, you can download it yourself. LC-DIG-stereo-1s02951 (digital file from original item, front) Ultimately, it is the researcher's obligation to assess copyright or other use restrictions and obtain permission from third parties when necessary before publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the Library's collections.įor information about reproducing, publishing, and citing material from this collection, as well as access to the original items, see: Stereographs - Rights and Restrictions Information Therefore, it does not license or charge permission fees for use of such material and cannot grant or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute the material. The Library of Congress does not own rights to material in its collections. LC-DIG-stereo-2s02951 (digital file from original item, back) LC-DIG-stereo-1s02951 (digital file from original item, front).Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. Alternate title from image at NYHS.ġ photographic print on stereo card : albumen, stereograph 8.5 x 17.4 cm. Cooley based on image at the New-York Historical Society. United States-History-Civil War, 1861-1865-Medical aspects-South Carolina-BeaufortĪttributed to Sam A. Military hospitals-South Carolina-Beaufort-1860-1870 It is astounding how much went on after the battle in regards to the wounded. Normally it is about tactics and the fighting and once a soldier is wounded, we do not hear what happens to them. This book definitely gave me a completely different view of the battle. I never knew how important and vital this farm was not only for the logistics of the the battle, but treating the wounded. This book gave me a better understanding of the staging grounds for many of the heroes that went into battle. We think that the soldiers are the only ones that contributed to this war, but it was the silent dedication who did the selfless work behind the scenes that helped win the war also. I love human interest stories and this book is full of them! My favorite chapter was on Nurse Rebecca Lane Pennypacker Price. I just finished this book in record time! This was one of the best books I have read, in my limited studying of the battle. They have finally received the recognition their place in history deserves. “Too Much for Human Endurance”: The George Spangler Farm Hospitals and the Battle of Gettysburg introduces readers to heretofore untold stories of the Spanglers, their farm, those who labored to save lives and those who suffered and died there. Army of the Potomac generals took advantage of the farm’s size, access to roads, and central location to use it as a staging area to get artillery and infantry to the embattled front line from Little Round Top north to Cemetery Hill just in time to prevent its collapse and a Confederate breakthrough. Kirkwood also establishes the often-overlooked strategic importance of the property and its key role in the Union victory. In addition to including the most complete lists ever published of the dead, wounded, and surgeons at the Spanglers’ XI Corps hospital, this study breaks new ground with stories of the First Division, II Corps hospital at the Spanglers’ Granite Schoolhouse. Armistead, who fell mortally wounded at the height of Pickett’s Charge. Nixon, would die there, as would Confederate Gen. George Nixon III, great-grandfather of President Richard M. Cross, Francis Barlow, Francis Mahler, Freeman McGilvery, and Samuel K. Stories rarely if ever told of nurses, surgeons, ambulance workers, musicians, teenage fighters, and others are weaved seamlessly through gripping, smooth-flowing prose.Ī host of notables spent time at the Spangler farm, including Union officers George G. Using a massive array of firsthand accounts, Kirkwood re-creates the sprawling XI Corps hospital complex and the people who labored and suffered there-especially George and Elizabeth Spangler and their four children, who built a thriving 166-acre farm only to witness it nearly destroyed when war paid them a bloody visit that summer of 1863. Kirkwood brings these people and their experiences to life in “Too Much for Human Endurance”: The George Spangler Farm Hospitals and the Battle of Gettysburg. Happily, though, their stories remain, and noted journalist and George Spangler Farm expert Ronald D. The doctors, nurses, and patients who toiled and suffered and ached for home at the Army of the Potomac’s XI Corps hospital at the George Spangler Farm in Gettysburg have long since departed. The bloodstains are gone, but the worn floorboards remain.
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