. The Photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . [.-iii] ^•^■^ A1MBULANCE TRAINOF THE ENGINEER CORPSAT FALMOUTH, VIRGINIA 1863. This photograph shows to what a state of perfection, in drill and equipment, the ambulance service of theUnion armies had been brought by April, 1863. The castle on the ambulance curtains indicates the En-gineer Corps. The little vignette below the larger photograph shows the train unharnessed and at with a medical department scarcely adequate for eleven thousand men in time o
. The Photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . [.-iii] ^•^■^ A1MBULANCE TRAINOF THE ENGINEER CORPSAT FALMOUTH, VIRGINIA 1863. This photograph shows to what a state of perfection, in drill and equipment, the ambulance service of theUnion armies had been brought by April, 1863. The castle on the ambulance curtains indicates the En-gineer Corps. The little vignette below the larger photograph shows the train unharnessed and at with a medical department scarcely adequate for eleven thousand men in time of peace, the am-bulance service was ultimately increased, developed, and organized into a vast administrative medico-military machine, working smoothly in all its ramifications and meeting efficiently the ne*?ds of a forceaggregating, at one time, nearly a million men, exposed to the fire of an able opponent, and very oftencompelled to operate under unfavorable conditions and amid unhealthful surroundings. The departmentbrought order out of chaos, health from disease, and surcease from suffering, in a manner and to a degreepreviously unparalleled. Its achievements must challenge the admiration of me
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