. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . oned overthem; or these supports were rolled in the edges of blankets,and litters thus formed. Hurdles, gates, window shutters, andladders, with brush and hay thrown over them, were also interlaced with rope or wire were employed. Hammocklitters Mere made by swinging the wounded man in a blanketwith its ends lashed to a single pole. The Indian travois, aframe on two long poles dragged after a horse, their front endsbeing supported by the saddle and tied together with a breast-strap, was also used. The ordinary chair seat
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . oned overthem; or these supports were rolled in the edges of blankets,and litters thus formed. Hurdles, gates, window shutters, andladders, with brush and hay thrown over them, were also interlaced with rope or wire were employed. Hammocklitters Mere made by swinging the wounded man in a blanketwith its ends lashed to a single pole. The Indian travois, aframe on two long poles dragged after a horse, their front endsbeing supported by the saddle and tied together with a breast-strap, was also used. The ordinary chair seat, as made bychildren at play, was frequently employed to remove woundedover shorter distances. Mule-litters and cacolets, the latterchairlike affairs swung on each side of the nudes back, weresuggested and some were provided, but seem to have beenlittle used. They were specially intended for rough countrywhere wheeled vehicles could not readily go. Wounded able towalk were expected to make their own way back to the surgeon,with or without assistance. [ 302 ]. UNION HAND-STRETCHERS AT WORK AT MARYES HEIGHTS IN MAY, 1864 Over fifty thousand hand-stretchers of various patterns were issued by the Union Government during thewar. It was by means of them that the removal of the helpless wounded from the battlefield was best pattern of hand-stretcher weighed twenty-four pounds, was quickly collapsible when not required,and possessed legs which made its temporary use as a cot readily possible. This photograph shows thewounded on Maryes Heights after the battle at Spotsylvania, May 12, 1864. The wounded man on thestretcher is gazing rather grimly at the camera. His hand is bound up, and his foot showing at the end ofthe stretcher is bare. The poor fellow in the foreground seems pretty far gone. His face is as pale as theblanket which covers him. The whole group of strong men struck down typifies the awful effects of war. But the transportation results achieved in these waysw
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