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Excerpt from The Western Sanitary Commission: A Sketch of Its Origin, History, Labors for the Sick and Wounded of the Western Armies, and Aid Given to Freedmen and Union Refugees, With Incidents of Hospital Life
Soldiers' Homes at Columbus, Ky. Memphis, Vicksburg, and Helena - Over soldier guests entertained - Further account of the St. Louis hospitals - 110m number of patients treated - Number of deaths - Per centage of deaths - The military prisons at St. Louis and Alton, Illinois - Humane treatment of sick prisoners.. Pp. 80 - 90. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
