. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . bout one-third of thewounded to take up their quarters in the residences of willingcitizens of the town and immediate vicinity. Those who coulddo so were required to report at the hos])ital every day, or onalternate days, and one of the assistant surgeons or myselfvisited, from time to time, such as could not walk to the hos-pital. Nearly all of these out-patients, as well as someothers in my hospital, went south with Hoods battered battal-ions as they retreated beyon
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . bout one-third of thewounded to take up their quarters in the residences of willingcitizens of the town and immediate vicinity. Those who coulddo so were required to report at the hos])ital every day, or onalternate days, and one of the assistant surgeons or myselfvisited, from time to time, such as could not walk to the hos-pital. Nearly all of these out-patients, as well as someothers in my hospital, went south with Hoods battered battal-ions as they retreated beyond the Tennessee River in the daysfollowing December 17, IStji. In my hospital, while at Franklin, only seven men died;two from abdominal wounds, three from gunshot wounds inthe head, one with amputation of thigh, and one who refusedto submit to amputation—I never amputated a limb withoutconsent of the wounded man—after the nature of his case hadbeen fully explained to him. Despite all arguments and rea-soning, this man refused amputation, was greatly depressedand despondent from the first, and died on December 23d, as.
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