. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . FIRST DIVISION, NINTH CORPS, ARMY OF THE POTOMAC [2101 During the war forty sur-geons were killed and sev-enty-three wounded whileattending to their dutieson the battlefield. With-out the excitement of ac-tually taking part in thefight, with no hope of highpromotion, seeking no ap-proval but that of theirown consciences, thesemen performed their taskactuated and sustained byno other impulse than thesense of duty. WilliamJames Hamilton White, ofthe District of Columbia,became assistant-surgeonin the regular army March12, 1850. He wa
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . FIRST DIVISION, NINTH CORPS, ARMY OF THE POTOMAC [2101 During the war forty sur-geons were killed and sev-enty-three wounded whileattending to their dutieson the battlefield. With-out the excitement of ac-tually taking part in thefight, with no hope of highpromotion, seeking no ap-proval but that of theirown consciences, thesemen performed their taskactuated and sustained byno other impulse than thesense of duty. WilliamJames Hamilton White, ofthe District of Columbia,became assistant-surgeonin the regular army March12, 1850. He was ap-pointed major - surgeonApril 1(5, ISOS, and met. WILLIAM JAMES HAMILTON WHITEFEDERAL MAJOR-SURGEON KILLED AT THE BATTLE OF ANT1ETAM his fate five months lateron the battlefield of Antie-lam. On this same dayE. II. R. Revere, assistant-surgeon of the TwentiethMassachusetts Infantry,was killed on the battle-field. Other surgeons be-came ill from the excessivelabor which they conscien-tiously and skilfully per-formed. Surgeon-GeneralI lammond, accompaniedby Brigadier-General Muir,deputy medical-inspector-general of the Britisharmy, visited the field, in-spected the hospitals, andgave the sufferers the ben-efit of their professionalskill soon after the close ofthe long and terrific battle.
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