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Created to be a source of information and inspiration for teachers as they incorporate
Library of Congress digitized primary sources and resources into instruction by Teaching
with Primary Sources at Eastern Illinois University.
Welcome to a new academic year and volume of Central Illinois TPS Newsletters. There
are a few changes to the newsletter that we hope are beneficial to you. As in the past,
each issue will have a central theme. The title page features introduction to the topic.
We welcome your suggestions for topics. To support the idea that all history is local,
Connecting to Illinois will showcase Library of Congress primary sources and information
from various sources relative to our home state.
Places to Go and Primary Sources to See wills hare information about local sites that you
can visit in Central Illinois to see primary sources and learn more about this month’s
topic. If you know of a site, please share and we will add it to the html version.
As our country commemorates the sesquicentennial of the Civil War, we have added
an area to each issue making a connection between our topic and this period in history
called Toeing the Mark. During the Civil War, toeing the mark meant to get the job
done.
A goal of TPS is to provide resources to educators that support the use of Primary
Sources in the Classroom. This section will feature Library of Congress Teacher’s Page
resources that relate to the topic and are available now. The Teacher’s Page includes
Lesson Plans, Themed Resources, Primary Source Sets, Presentations and Activities, and
Collection Connections.
LOC.GOV offers a glimpse at sample resources from divisions of the Library of Congress
site beyond the Teacher’s Page. This area draws items from Thomas, Chronicling
America, Wise Guide and many more collections found on the Library’s homepage to
access for further research and more materials. The final pages provide thumbnails and
citations for all primary sources featured in the issue - a primary source set for you!
About Teaching with Primary Sources
The Teaching with Primary Sources Program works with colleges and other educational
organizations to deliver professional development programs that help teachers use the
Library of Congress’s rich reservoir of digitized primary source materials to design
challenging, high-quality instruction.
COMMON CORE STANDARDS This year we will be connecting to the Common Core Standards.
To learn more about the Common Core Standards visit the Illinois
State Board of Education site at
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C o n n e c t i n g t o I l l i n o i s
Illinois soldiers were not immune to the high death rate caused by disease during the
Civil War. Illinois ranked fourth in the number of troops serving in the Union Army1.
With a large number of enlisted men, Illinois suffered a 30 percent higher loss of men
than the Union; in proportion to the number serving2. Southern Illinois lost the greatest
amount of soldiers due to disease. The problems were the same for both the North
and the South, filthy conditions with open latrines, animal waste, and garbage all
placed too close to campsites. Soldiers from rural areas faced another problem; with
crowded camps many soldiers contracted childhood diseases such
as measles, mumps and scarlet fever. Illinois saw great losses on the
battlefields with nearly 35,000 troops dying in combat1. Camp
Douglas, located in Chicago, Illinois, was one of the longest
continuous operating prison camps housed a total of 30,000
prisoners1. Camp Douglas also had the greatest amount of
deaths than any other Union prison.
The frontlines were a dangerous place to be a surgeon. Drs. J.D. Haslett, Fifty-ninth
Illinois and Horace Porter of Chicago, 105th Illinois were just two of the 40 surgeons the Union
lost in battle2. Away from the battlefield, Dr. Shubal York of Paris, Fifty-fourth Illinois was
―murdered‖ by copperheads during the Charleston riot in early 1864.
When World War I began, Illinois answered the call by giving 351,153 men
to the Army and Navy3. That meant one out of every 12 soldiers in the Army was from Illinois.
The Chicago Chapter of the American Red Cross sent four complete base hospital units
to France3. The first base reached France in June 1917 and immediately
went into active service.
Illinois continued to provide medical support through World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and
Afghanistan by providing doctors, nurses and medical staff to help heal the wounded soldiers.
1. Camp Douglas Restoration Foundation, Accessed 8.17.11, 2. Battlefield Medicine and Diet, Sterling, Robert W., Illinois Periodicals Online Accessed 8.17.11 3. Illinois in the World War: an Illustrated History of the Thirty-third Division, 1921, State Publication Society,
P l a c e s t o g o & P r i m a r y S o u r c e s t o S e e
Almost 3,000,000 soldiers served during the Civil War. Over 285,000 of them were Illinois soldiers who fought for
the Union1. The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum presents Illinois Answers the Call: Boys in Blue.
This exhibit pulls from the Library’s vast collection of original Civil War photographs, artifacts, sheet music and
letters. Artifacts are arranged into five groups. One group is called Dead and Wounded. The exhibit runs
through December 2011. To find out more visit http://alplm.org/events/boys_in_blue.html 1. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Boys in Blue, Accessed 8.17.11
The Pearson Museum
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine ranks as one of the fortunate few medical schools to
have a history museum on its campus. Since its official dedication in 1980, the Pearson Museum has been not only a
repository for the display of medical and scientific artifacts, but also a classroom for sharing the heritage of healing with
faculty, medical students, and the interested public. Under the administration of the Department of Medical Humanities,
the Pearson Museum collects, preserves, and interprets the history of medicine, health care, nursing, dentistry, and
pharmacy from all cultures and eras, but with particular emphasis on the Midwest and the Mississippi River basin. http://www.siumed.edu/medhum/pearson/
Illinois suffered a 30 percent
higher loss of men
than the Union.
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M i l i t a r y M e d i c i n e
The cost of war in terms of human suffering is immense. Treating the wounded
helps drive development of new medicines and medical treatments. Military
medicine has advanced with each war. Medicine during the Revolutionary
War was crude. With no governing body to review, doctors chose their own
therapies from their limited education. Many of the remedies such as
bloodletting, which was the practice of removing blood from a patient, killed
more people than they saved. During the war there was little the colonial
doctors could do for the soldiers. They could set broken bones, perform amputations and attempt surgeries without
anesthesia, but with contaminated water and unsanitary conditions the result was often death.
Limited medical resources during World War I create a
triage system. A doctor would evaluate the soldier’s
condition and brief medical history. This information was
used to determine when, where and what treatment
was best for the patient. Soldiers experience immense
trauma during war. World War I saw thousands of
soldiers with neurological overload called shell-shocked; today this is called Post
Traumatic Stress Disorder. Diagnosing shell-shock led to numerous new treatments. This was the first time military medicine
treated the mind and mentality of soldiers. The use of X-rays became a more common procedure
in the hospitals and frontline of World War I. This lead to increased use of radiology in civilian
medicine after the war.
Blood is a necessity for saving lives in a war zone. The increased need for
blood during World War II resulted in the process of blood banking. Blood
could be donated in the United States where the components of whole
blood were separated and frozen. The blood was then shipped to hospitals on the frontlines and
used for lifesaving transfusions.
The importance of antibiotics to fight infection was recognized during World War II.
Sulfanilamide powder was an early antibiotic and popular during World War II but was not very
effective and could further contaminate the wound. By 1943, orally administered penicillin
quickly became the favorite anti-infection medicine of combat doctors.
The helicopter became an important resource during the Korean War. Terrain
was rough and roads were nonexistent which made evacuating casualties
difficult by automobile. The military developed an Army Medical Aviation Service known as MEDEVAC.
More than 19,000 casualties were evacuated by helicopter1. Mobile Army Surgical Hospitals were another
life saving discovery of the Korean War. MASH units were placed close to the frontlines offering wounded
soldiers treatment as quickly as possible, which gave them a better chance of survival.
The MASH units were the first in the world to use the Kolff-Biegham
artificial kidney machine. The system cleans waste products from the blood of patients suffering kidney
failure.
Traumatic bleeding is a major cause of death of soldiers on the battlefield and can kill a soldier within
ten minutes. Today, a new bandage made from chitin that are found in shrimp shells, can stop heavy
bleeding. The chitin in the bandage attracts red blood cells causing them to clot.
As technology of war grows so must military medicine. With advancements in weapons and warfare, military medicine
must continue to find cures and new techniques to save the lives of our soldiers and in the process also save civilian lives.
1. PBS, Nova, History of Military Medicine, Krock, Lexi, Accessed 8.17.11
Wellness Director of Minnesota, The History of medicine The Revolutionary War, Accessed 8.17.11
Wellness Directory of Minnesota, The History of Medicine, The Revolutionary War, Accessed 8.17.11
U.S. Army Medical Department, Office of Medical History, Army Aeromedical Evacuation, Accessed 8.17.11
Many remedies such as
bloodletting, killed more
people than it saved.
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T o e i n g t h e M a r k
When the Civil War began, no one could predict that nearly 200,000 men would lose their lives on the
battlefield1. This number cannot compare with the major cause of death during the Civil War, illness. Nearly
double the amount of men died of sickness than on the battlefield.
People did not understand the connection between unsanitary conditions and illness or
infection. Unsterilized instruments, doctors that didn’t wash their hands, and surgical sponges
passed from one surgery to the next only being rinsed out with water was a major problem.
The Sanitary Commissions and other relief agencies fought for cleaner conditions in camps and medical
treatments. As the war progressed, fewer lives were lost to illness because of these efforts.
Transporting wounded and dead soldiers from the battlefield
was chaotic. There was no organized system to take these men
to the field hospitals for treatment. In some cases, days passed
before the wounded and dead were removed from the
battlefield, improving the chance of infection or death. In 1862,
Surgeon General William A. Hammond appointed Jonathan
Letterman, an army medical director, to develop an efficient method of evacuating wounded soldiers. Letterman’s
ambulance system is the basis for the ambulances of today.
The first stop for a wounded soldier depended upon his injuries. If a man’s wounds were not severe, they
went to the field dressing station. After being bandaged and treated they returned to the battle. Soldiers
requiring surgery or more extensive treatment were taken to the field hospital. Here, doctors with little
medical education and little knowledge of treating gunshot wounds would work to save a soldier’s life.
The surgeries most performed were amputations. This addressed a difficult injury quickly by removing the
limb the soldier’s chances of survival increased. With the availability of anesthesia, surgeons attempted
new procedures. The birth of reconstructive surgery was a medical milestone of the Civil War. If a
soldier died, arrangements were made to send him home and he would be embalmed. Prior to the
Civil War, embalming was not widely practiced but it allowed bodies of fallen soldiers to be home for
proper burial. It is estimated that up to 40,000 soldiers were embalmed during the Civil War and as a
result, embalming became more accepted and a common practice2. The role of nurses was another
development of the Civil War. Doctors and surgeons were overwhelmed with wounded soldiers and
had little time to care for patients after treatment. With most men fighting for their cause, this caregiver
job was filled by women. In her diary, Louisa Alcott explained the duties of a Civil War nurse as ―serving
rations, giving medicine, and sitting on a very hard chair with pneumonia on one side, diphtheria on the
other, typhoids on the opposite, and a dozen dilapidated patriots, hopping, lying and lounging about.‖
Nurses performed these duties and many more for 40 cents a day3.
One of the most well known advocates for wounded soldiers was Walt Whitman. The famous poet’s
brother was a member of the Fifty-first New York Infantry. He fought at the battle of Antietam, the Civil War’s
bloodiest battle where more than 23,000 men were killed, wounded or missing4. Whitman described the
field hospital at Antietam in his hospital notebooks. Walt Whitman began volunteering at Washington D.C.
war hospitals in 1862. He visited hospitals daily and developed personal relationships with many of the
wounded soldiers that he tended.
Each new medical challenge the Civil War created brought doctors and surgeons one step closer to a
new era of modern medicine. Anesthesia became a specialty, the fields of plastic and reconstructive
surgery grew immensely, and doctors developed the techniques to treat nerve injuries and chronic pain,
marking the beginning of contemporary medicine.
1. National Museum of Health and Medicine, Exhibits, To Bind up the Nation’s Wounds, Accessed 8.17.11 2. Library of Congress, Exhibitions, Revising Himself, Walt Whitman and Leaves of Grass, Wound Dresser, Accessed 8.17.11 3. Civil War Medicine, Exhibits, Accessed 8.17.11
McConnell Library, Welcomed Changes in the Eyes of the Wounded: The Profound Effects of the Letterman Ambulance System during the Civil War,
McFague, Ryan, Accessed 8.17.11
Battlefield Medicine and Diet, Sterling, Robert W., Illinois Periodicals Online Accessed 8.17.11
Surgical sponges passed from one
surgery to the next only being
rinsed with water.
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The Library of Congress offers classroom materials and professional development to help teachers
effectively use primary sources from the Library's vast digital collections in their teaching. http://
www.loc.gov/teachers
Teacher created lesson plans using Library of Congress primary sources. www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/lesson
Civil War Photographs: The Matthew Brady Bunch http://www.loc.gov/teachers/
classroommaterials/lessons/brady Students become reporters, assigned to sort through
photographs and find one that will bring the war alive for their reader.
Civil War Photojournalism: A Record of War http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/lessons/
photojournalism/
This lesson will analyze Civil War photographs and explore how and why the American Civil
War was photographed.
Exhibitions, special presentations, lesson plans and other materials gathered from
throughout the Library of Congress for selected curricular themes. http://www.loc.gov/
teachers/classroommaterials/themes
The Civi l War http://www.loc.gov/teachers /class roomm aterials/them es/civi l -war
Examine different points of view from both the Union and Confederacy through poetry,
music, images, letters, maps and other primary documents. Hear former slaves tell their
stories and read first-hand accounts by Civil War women.
Wars and the Homefront http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/themes/warpeace/
Gain insight into wars by studying maps, letters, and historic newspapers. Consider women’s
roles during the Civil War and World War II. See film clips of the Spanish-American War, the first war to be
captured on film. Listen to recordings from World War I and the 1920 election. Analyze Ansel Adam’s
photo documentary of life at Manzanar to deepen understanding of Japanese internment.
Presentations look across the American Memory collections to investigate
curricular themes. They include historical background, helping to tell the
story behind the theme. Activities offer an interactive ―hands-on‖ experience and focus on a specific topic
rather than themes. They require teacher direction, but invite students to participate. http://www.loc.gov/
teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities
American Memory Timeline: Civil War and Reconstruction, Soldier’s Stories
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/civilwar/soldiers/
These documents tell the stories of Civil War soldiers. Why they joined, the suffering of being a prisoner of
war, and others give a glimpse into how the Civil War was fought.
Historical content and ideas for teaching with specific Library of Congress primary source
collections. www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/connections
A Civil War Soldier in the Wild Cat Regiment: Selections from the Tilton C. Reynolds Papers
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/connections/wild-cat-regiment/index.html This
collection documents the Civil War experience of Tilton C. Reynolds through letters
describing battles, and day to day experiences.
Poet at Work: Recovered Notebooks from the Thomas Biggs Harned Walt Whitman
Collection http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/connections/poet-at-work/thinking2.html Students can
use Whitman's notes from his hospital visits to understand what it was like to live at the time of the Civil War, to serve in the
army, and to be at an army hospital.
P r i m a r y S o u r c e s I n t h e c l a s s r o o m
The Teacher’s Page
Lesson Plans
Themed Resource
Presentations and Activities
Collection Connections
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The Veteran’s History Project collects, preserves, and makes accessible the
personal accounts of American war veteran’s. http://www.loc.gov/vets
Military Medicine http://www.loc.gov/vets/stories/ex-war-militarymedicine.html
This is the starting point for veteran’s stories on military medicine, from doctors,
nurses, medical support and more.
Military Medicine: Nurses http://www.loc.gov/vets/stories/med-nurses.html The ideals that a
nurse carries into any wartime hospital are challenged by the daily arrival of bodies broken in
battle. Every personal experience -- camaraderie with fellow nurses, relations with superior
officers, romantic entanglements -- is magnified by the intensity of a profession that demands courage, compassion and
above all, composure.
Military Medicine: Medical Support http://www.loc.gov/vets/stories/med-support.html In any war,
there never seem to be enough doctors and nurses, which is where the medical support personnel
often come in. Some of them are trained in basic medical procedures and are often the first to
reach a wounded comrade, applying the necessary treatment to stop the bleeding, to ease the
pain, and perhaps save a life.
Military Medicine: Doctors http://www.loc.gov/vets/stories/med-doctors.html In an enterprise founded on destruction and
killing, military doctors have a uniquely constructive mission. They must mend their own comrades’
wounds and if possible, send them back to fight, even if it risks further injury. Doctors rarely
carry a weapon and in most instances are exempt from being fired on. That doesn't
always protect them from danger.
The Healers http://www.loc.gov/vets/stories/foreverasoldier/forever-chapter3.html They are
charged with the mission of undoing the damage of war. The process starts with corpsmen,
working along the frontlines to treat the wounded, risking their own lives in the
process. It continues in the field hospitals and then farther away from the battlefield, in the convalescent facilities, staffed
by tireless and resilient doctors and nurses. No job in any hospital is preparation enough for the relentless task of dealing
with the wounded and dying of war.
American Memory provides free and open access through the Internet to written
and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving
images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience.
It is a digital record of American history and creativity. These materials, from the
collections of the Library of Congress and other institutions, chronicle historical
events, people, places, and ideas that continue to shape America, serving the public as a
resource for education and lifelong learning. http://www.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
Built in America http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/habs_haer/index.html This online
presentation of the HABS/HAER collections includes digitized images of measured drawings, black-and-
white photographs, color transparencies, photo captions, data pages including written histories, and
supplemental materials.
Civil War Treasures from the New York Historical Society http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/
ndlpcoop/nhihtml/cwnyhshome.html The materials in this online collection are drawn
from twelve archival collections housed at the New-York Historical Society. Pictorial items
include 731 stereographs, and over 70 photographs from an album, 178 sketches from three
different collections, 304 posters, 29 etchings of caricatures, and almost 500 envelopes with
printed or embossed decoration related to Civil War events and personalities.
Veteran’s History Project
American Memory
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THOMAS was launched in January of 1995, at the inception of the 104th
Congress. The leadership of the 104th Congress directed the Library of
Congress to make federal legislative information freely available to the public. http://thomas.loc.gov/home/
thomas.php
S. 1894-http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d098:S1894: A bill to designate the foundation for the
advancement of military medicine.
H.R.-2614-http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d098:H.R.2614: Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine
Act of 1983.
A monthly web magazine of historical highlights and fascinating facts from the
Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/wiseguide
April 2005: Real MASH Units http://www.loc.gov/wiseguide/apr05/mash.html Learn
about the veteran’s who served in real MASH units through the Veteran’s History
Project.
November 2005: Angel of the Battlefield Clara Barton http://www.loc.gov/wiseguide/
nov05/angel.html Learn about Clara Barton and her connection to the Civil War.
April 2009: Get to the Choppa! http://www.loc.gov/wiseguide/apr09/helicopter.html
For nearly 60 years, helicopters have played an increasingly important role in American combat
operations.
March 2011: On a Divine Mission http://www.loc.gov/wiseguide/mar11/mission.html
Nurture the living. Care for the wounded. Honor the dead. These are the core competencies
of military chaplaincy – a critical, yet often overlooked, form of military service.
The collections of the Prints & Photographs Division include
photographs, fine and popular prints and drawings, posters,
and architectural and engineering drawings. http://www.loc.gov/pictures
Civil War Glass Negatives & Related Prints http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/cwp This online
collection provides access to about 7,000 different views and portraits made during the
American Civil War (1861-1865) and its immediate aftermath.
Drawing (Documentary) http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/drwg The Documentary
Drawings category includes more than 3,000 drawings made between 1750 and 1970. Eye-
witness sketches made during the U.S. Civil War are the most frequently used images.
Miscellaneous Items in High Demand http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/cph The
"Miscellaneous Items" category consists of more than 80,000 descriptions of individual images
from a variety of the Prints & Photographs Division's photographic, print, drawing, and architectural holdings.
Pictorial Americana-Medicine http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/picamer/paMedicine.html
Selected images from the collections of the Library of Congress.
Thomas
Wise Guide
Prints and Photographs
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Discover exhibitions that bring the world’s largest collection of knowledge,
culture, and creativity to life through dynamic displays of artifacts enhanced by
interactivity. www.loc.gov/exhibits
Women’s War Relief http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trm161.html Hospital slippers for the sick and
wounded soldiers of the Union.
Civil War Sketch Artist http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trm041.html Alfred
Waud was recognized as the best of the Civil War sketch artists who drew the
war for the nation's pictorial press.
Clara Barton http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trm072.html Twenty years before
founding the American Red Cross, Clara Barton came to the aid of soldiers fighting in the Civil War.
Walt Whitman and the Civil War http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/
treasures/trm074.html Learn about the notebooks Walt
Whitman kept as he visited wounded soldiers in Washington
area hospitals.
Andersonville http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trm111.html One of the reasons Clara Barton became
famous was her efforts to identify dead and missing soldiers.
Search America’s newspapers pages from 1836-1922 or use the
U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American
newspapers published between 1690-present. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
Each day an event from American history is illustrated by digitized items from
the Library of Congress American Memory historic collections. http://www.loc.gov/
ammem/today
March 11: Sherman Captures Fayetteville http://www.memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/mar11.html Find out how women on the
homefront helped Civil War soldiers.
May 31: Walt Whitman http://www.memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/may31.html Learn more about the
Whitman Hospital Notebooks.
August 27: A Case of Yellow Fever http://www.memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/aug27.html U.S. Army
physician James Carroll allowed an infected mosquito to feed on him in an attempt to isolate the
means of transmission of yellow fever.
November 29: Daughter of the Transcendentalists http://www.memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/
nov29.html Louisa Alcott served as a nurse during the Civil War, keeping a journal later published
as Hospital Sketches.
Exhibitions
Chronicling America
Today in History
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I m a g e S o u r c e s
Library of Congress
The man without a gun
Library of Congress
William Wagner, a surgeon in the 24th Illinois Regiment, full-length portrait, standing, facing front.
Library of Congress
Surgical photograph..prepared under the supervision of War Department, Surgeon General’s Office, Army Medical
Museum.
Library of Congress
Amputating the shattered leg of a wounded soldier, operating room the Military Reserve Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan.
Library of Congress
U.S. soldiers & German wounded.
Library of Congress
The loyalty compromise!
Library of Congress
Through the weary years of war Clara Barton stayed at her post.
Library of Congress
Unloading wounded soldiers from an assault boat. Soldiers wounded at the front are moved to the hospital in this
manner. New Guinea.
Library of Congress
Procession of 7 ragged and wounded soldiers.
Library of Congress
American Army field hospital inside ruins of church, France. 1918.
Library of Congress
Sketched this inside a dugout.
Library of Congress
Doctors examining a Federal Prisoner returned from prison.
Library of Congress
Hospital scene.
Library of Congress
Citizens Volunteer Hospital Philadelphia.
Library of Congress
Service-Surgical dressing for war relief.
Library of Congress
Red Cross. Soldiers receiving medical attention.
Prints and Photographs
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Library of Congress
Medical workers tending those in need on a war damaged street during fighting in Ortona, Italy.
Library of Congress
Aerial Ambulance.
Library of Congress
Nurses are needed now! For service in the Army Nurse Corps.
Library of Congress
End of a busy day.
Library of Congress
Geneva Conventions: In all circumstances, sick or wounded enemy soldiers must be helped and tended
Library of Congress
Hospital attendants-collecting the wounded after the engagement—within our lines near Hatchers run
Library of Congress
Civil War Treasures from the New York Historical Society
The hospital at Fredericksburg, Va, May, 1864.
Library of Congress
Civil War Treasures from the New York Historical Society
Dr. Richard Burr, Embalming Surgeon, Army of the James.
Library of Congress
An American Time Capsule: Three Centuries of Broadsides and Other Printed Ephemera
Will you help our wounded soldiers? They are suffering! They are dying! The chapel at the corner of Eighteenth and
Spring Garden Streets, will be open, during the emergency.
Library of Congress
Music for the Nation: American Sheet Music
The Wounded Soldier/by C.A. White.
Library of Congress
The Spanish-American War in Motion Picture
U.S. Troops and Red Cross in the trenches before Caloocan/Thomas A. Edison, Inc. ;producer, James H. Whit
Library of Congress
Photographs from the Chicago Daily News, 1902-1933
Photographs of soldiers at Camp Douglas.
Library of Congress
Map Collections
Prison at Andersonville, Ga
Library of Congress
Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress
Mrs. Jeremiah Porter to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, January 04, 1865 (treatment of sick soldiers).
Prints and Photographs
American Memory
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I m a g e S o u r c e s
Library of Congress
Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865
Washington, D.C., Patients in Ward K of Armory Square Hospital.
Library of Congress
Civil War Maps
Plan of Andersonville Prison, Georgia. Aug. 1864
Library of Congress
A United States Army surgeon attending wounded soldiers in a field hospital during the Spanish-American War. The
Red Cross emblem appears on the sleeve of one man.
Library of Congress
Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865
Ambulance Corps. Method of removing wounded from the field.
Library of Congress
Civil War Treasures from the New York Historical Society
A field hospital scene
Library of Congress
History of the American West, 1860-1920: Photographs from the Collection of the Denver Public Library
Wounded soldier with medics
Library of Congress
Civil War Treasures from the New York Historical Society
Letter home from a Union nurse concerning the conditions of the military hospital. July 3, 1865
Library of Congress
Three Signal Corps soldiers carrying a litter down the street, St. Raphael; front cover of MS01
William M. McConahey Collection
Library of Congress
Medical Service Truck in air hanger soldiers standing around it, Oita, Japan 4/1953
William M. McConahey Collection
Library of Congress
Wounded soldiers being rushed to hospital, helipad, 3rd Surgical Hospital, MUST (Medical Unit Self-Contained
Transportable-Inflatable, Bien Hoa, Vietam.
Jeanne A. Urbin Markle Collection
Library of Congress
New-York tribune, July 28, 1918, page 7. image 27
Library of Congress
A Civil War Sketch Artist
Wounded Escaping from the Burning Woods in the Wilderness
Veteran’s History Project
Chronicling America
American Memory
Exhibitions
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