. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . A United States generalhospital was constructed atMound City, on the Ohio,a few miles above its junc-tion with the Mississippi,early in the war. On Sep-tember 29, 1862, SecretaryWelles authorized the con-struction of a marine hos-pital also. The place wasso named because of the ex-istence of a slightly elevatedbit of ground covered withtrees, though at the begin-ning of the war only a fewhouses made up the city. L ~~:~!^&&. A FULL LENGTH HOSPITAL SHIP RED ROVER Smallpox epidemics caused12,236 admissions to theUnion hospitals, with

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. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . A United States generalhospital was constructed atMound City, on the Ohio,a few miles above its junc-tion with the Mississippi,early in the war. On Sep-tember 29, 1862, SecretaryWelles authorized the con-struction of a marine hos-pital also. The place wasso named because of the ex-istence of a slightly elevatedbit of ground covered withtrees, though at the begin-ning of the war only a fewhouses made up the city. L ~~:~!^&&. A FULL LENGTH HOSPITAL SHIP RED ROVER Smallpox epidemics caused12,236 admissions to theUnion hospitals, with -1,717deaths. The patients werequarantined in separate hos-pitals or on boats and bargesalong the rivers, and theutmost care was taken toprevent the spread of thedisease which was the causeof such a frightful courage and devotionof the medical men and hos-pital orderlies who riskedtheir lives to combat it can-not be praised too highly. [320|

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