By Brev. Lieut. Col. Bennett A. Clements, Surgeon, U.S. Army. Reprinted from Journal of the Military Service Institution, Vol. iv, No. 15., 1883. Cover inscription: “Dr. Chs. S. Bull / Compliments of the author”. Wraps, 38 pp., gray covers. Exhibits chipping at the cover extremities & spine, one quarter section of rear cover clipped off, while remaining intact, with tight spine signatures.

A highly innovative medical administrator, Letterman devised the Federal ambulance corps and became known, in the process as the father of Battlefield medicine. The success of the Ambulance Corps was proven at the battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862. While there were over 23,000 casualties, medical personnel were able to remove all of the wounded from the field in just 24 hours. The battle of Fredericksburg, where the Union suffered an additional 12,000 casualties, and the battle of Gettysburg, with 14,000 Union wounded, both tested Letterman’s system to the extreme, but again, it proved a great success, saving thousands of soldiers’ lives. In March of 1864, the system was officially adopted for the U.S. Army by an Act of Congress.

A niece piece for serious Civil War medical buffs.

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