Confederate Hospitals on the Move: Samuel H. Stout and the Army of Tennessee

Language: English

Published by University of South California Press, 1996

157003155X / 9781570031557

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Corners of book slightly worn. 1996 Trade Paperback. 226 pp. Confederate Hospitals on the Move tells the story of one innovative Confederate doctor and his successful administration of the mobile military hospitals that served behind the Army of Tennessee's transient battle lines. In 1864, at the peak of his career, Samuel Hollingsworth Stout managed more than sixty medical facilities scattered from Montgomery, Alabama to Augusta, Georgia. Glenn R. Schroeder-Lein reveals how this doctor-turned-talented-administrator established and oversaw some of the most adaptable, efficient, and well-administered hospitals in the Confederacy. Through Stout's eyes Schroeder-Lein describes the selection of hospital sites, the care and feeding of patients, the provisioning of the hospitals, and the personnel who cared for the sick and wounded. She also discusses the movement of the hospitals and how the facilities were affected by overcrowding, supply shortages, and the scarcity of transportation. Using the 1,500 pounds of hospital records that Stout saved during his tenure as medical director of the Army of Tennessee, Schroeder-Lein demonstrates that Stout was a rarity both in his competence as an administrator and in his penchant for saving wartime documents. She traces Stout's prewar years, his ascension to directorship of the hospitals, his success in administering the facilities, and his failure to find a niche for his talents in a civilian setting after the war's end. The first study of a Confederate army hospital system from the vantage point of a medical director, Confederate Hospitals on the Move offers new information on the difficulties facing Confederate hospitals on the Western front as opposed to the more stable, protected hospitals in the East. In addition, the book supplements previous research on the care of the wounded and on medical practices during the Civil War period. …

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Title
Confederate Hospitals on the Move: Samuel H. Stout and the Army of Tennessee
Author
Schroeder-Lein, Glenna R.
Publisher
University of South California Press
Publication year
1996
Condition
Near Fine
Binding
Trade Paperback
Language
English
ISBN 10
157003155X
ISBN 13
9781570031557
Edition
2nd Printing.
Item weight
14 ounces
Dimensions
6x0x9

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