Hospital Transports; A Memoir Of The Embarkation Of The Sick And Wounded From The Peninsula Of Virginia In The Summer Of 1862: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Hospital Transports; A Memoir Of The Embarkation Of The Sick And Wounded From The Peninsula Of Virginia In The Summer Of 1862, credited to Frederick Law Olmsted, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Hospital Transports; A Memoir Of The Embarkation Of The Sick And Wounded From The Peninsula Of Virginia In The Summer Of 1862 by Frederick Law Olmsted. Read in English by David Wales In the American Civil War, The United States Sanitary Commission, staffed by volunteers, may be viewed as a precursor to The Red Cross. It supplemented the medical care of the armed services medical corps. Its doctors, nurses, administrators, go-fers, money, and supplies saved thousands of lives, providing medical care to the wounded and solace to the families of the dead. This memoir of one campaign gives a flavor of the challenges faced, frustrations endured, and medical battles lost and won. Explanatory note: “contraband” refers to a black slave, esp. a fugitive or captured slave. Summary by david wales and Oxford English Dictionary.

Recording facts

• Recording title: Hospital Transports; A Memoir Of The Embarkation Of The Sick And Wounded From The Peninsula Of Virginia In The Summer Of 1862
• Author credits: Frederick Law Olmsted
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 11
• Listed recording duration: 3:48:00

Catalogue topics

• American civil war
• civil war
• military medicine
• wartime medicine
• military hospitals
• united states sanitary commission

Track guide

1. 00 - Dedication and Introduction — 14:37
2. 01 - Chapter 1 — 15:36
3. 02 - Chapter 2 — 18:20
4. 03 - Chapter 3 — 39:28
5. 04 - Chapter 4 — 34:04
6. 05 - Chapter 5 — 43:15
7. 06 - Chapter 6 — 13:36
8. 07 - Appendix A An Olmsted Memorandum — 7:14
9. 08 - Appendix B Regulations For Floating Hospital Service Of The Sanitary Commission For The Campaign In Virginia — 13:21
10. 09 - Appendix C Copies Of Two Letters; Memorandum Of Arrangements — 13:42
11. 10 - Appendix D Extracts From Some Documents — 14:46

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