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Surgeon Curran

Posted on October 17, 2014 by SUMPTER

It looks like exactly two years after his heroism at Antietam, Medal of Honor recipient Richard J. Curran was promoted to full Surgeon. From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in October 1864: PROMOTED. – The many friends of Dr. … Continue reading →

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big demand

Posted on July 31, 2014 by SUMPTER

From the Richmond Daily Dispatch July 30, 1864: A Valuable work. –We acknowledge the receipt from Messrs. Evans & Cogswell, publishers, of Columbia, S. C., of an exceedingly well executed copy of a work entitled “A Manual of Military Surgery, … Continue reading →

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He had a dream

Posted on April 29, 2013 by SUMPTER

From the Richmond Daily Dispatch April 29, 1863: “Nigger” Surgeons. –The recently appointed negro surgeon, Dr. A. S. Augusta, writes to the Washington Star that he holds the appointment of full regimental surgeon U. S. V. instead of assistant surgeon, … Continue reading →

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Work Cut Out

Posted on March 8, 2013 by SUMPTER

Just like old times – white surgeons received their degrees at a black church led by a white, slave-owning minister. But I can understand how the writer would find this ceremony, with Richmond belles checking out the new doctors, comforting … Continue reading →

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Pinpoint the problem

Posted on October 12, 2012 by SUMPTER

It’s not a surprise that were issues with medical care in the Confederate armies. Here the Confederate administration is asking for more specifics about bad surgeons and pointing out that disease is rampant in the Union military as well. From … Continue reading →

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The Four Percent

Posted on August 31, 2012 by SUMPTER

Two from Seneca County, New York newspapers in August 1862: In all the Government hospitals in the United States there are now 28,000 patients, or about four per cent. of the soldiers who have been mustered into the United States … Continue reading →

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Doctors Without Boundaries

Posted on June 28, 2012 by SUMPTER

Captured surgeons free to leave. Southern comity with Uncle Sam From the Richmond Daily Dispatch June 28, 1862: War Department, Adj’t Inspector General’s office, Richmond, June 26, 1862. General Orders, No. 45. I. A General Intelligence Office, to enable the … Continue reading →

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Would-be Chaplain Praises Acting Surgeon

Posted on June 19, 2012 by SUMPTER

The following article in a Seneca Falls, New York newspaper from June 1862 came immediately after the story of the lingering death of Charles Mensch, so I guess the editors were developing a medical theme. A Merited Compliment The Chaplain … Continue reading →

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