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Surgeon Henry Janes, Camp Letterman, Manuscript Archive on Gettysburg

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Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 132

Surgeon Henry Janes, Camp Letterman, Manuscript Archive on Gettysburg

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Zuschlagspreis:
14.400 $
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20 items. Dr. Henry Janes (1832-1915) was Regimental Surgeon for the 3rd Vermont Infantry from its formation in June 1861 through the battle of Antietam. He was detailed to run two hospitals caring for the Antietam wounded, then was appointed Divisional medical officer of 2nd Division, VI Corps at Fredericksburg. After the battle, he went under flag of truce across enemy lines to treat and repatriate wounded Union soldiers. Promoted to VI Corps medical officer, he traveled with the Corps to the battle of Gettysburg. After the battle, he helped treat more than 20,000 wounded Union and Confederate soldiers. The giant sprawling hospital complex that had been formed there was named Camp Letterman, for Medical Director of the Army of the Potomac Jonathan Letterman. When the Army began its pursuit of Lee into Virginia, Letterman put Janes in charge. Janes, who like Letterman, constantly strived to improve the Army medical service, worked on procedures for treating the nearly always fatal gunshot fractures of the thigh besides amputation, saving the limbs of hundreds of soldiers. Dr Janes served throughout the war, advancing the science of treating major gunshot wounds. This archive of 20 items date from August to December 1863, during Janes' tenure as commander of Army medical facilities at Gettysburg, and gives us some insight into the man in charge of saving as many lives as possible in the largest battlefield medical organization in history, up to that time. By August, pressure was building to consolidate the number of temporary hospitals, so that the surgeons and staff could rejoin their regiments. The first letter, from District Head Quarters at Chambersburg, PA, dated August 15, 1863, notes a report that conditions at the Seminary in Gettysburg, which was being used as an emergency hospital, are unfavorable, and instructs Janes to transfer the wounded to medical camp set up outside town as soon as they can be safely moved. August 25 brings a letter from the Surgeon General's office in Washington, DC, again regarding the hospital at the Seminary: It is reported that there is much sickness in Seminary Hospital at Gettysburg, owing to the proximity of bodies imperfectly buried. You will please report the facts of the case at once, and take such action as may be most proper to remedy the evil; reporting your action also. Janes replies to this letter on the 28th, noting that there is nothing to the rumor: There were a considerable number of confederate soldiers buried during the battle in one hole immediately to the rear of the building. These bodies have been exhumed and removed to the grave yard. Many of the letters in the archive involve pressure on Janes to move Confederate wounded from the hospitals into POW camps at a faster pace. Two letters, urging the removal of all Confederate wounded, but especially Generals Trimble and Kemper, to Baltimore without delay, seem curious until put into perspective. Confederate General John McCausland had been sent into Pennsylvania on a mission of revenge for the Union army burning homes in the Shenandoah Valley. McCausland hit Chambersburg on July 30, only 25 miles west of Gettysburg. It was also the headquarters of the Department of the Susquehanna. The Rebels demanded $100,000 in gold or $500,000 in greenbacks, or they would burn down the town. When the money was not forthcoming, over 500 homes and buildings were put to the torch. This raised fears of a raid on Gettysburg to free the Confederate prisoners there. The first letter from Chambersburg, dated August 17, orders Trimble, Kemper, and any other Rebels able to withstand the journey, to be sent to Baltimore. Three days later, a more urgent order arrives: I am instructed by Maj Genl Couch to direct you to send to Baltimore without delay all the higher wounded officers at Gettysburg and vicinity that by any arrangement can possibly bear removal if you have not done so already. The General considers it a matter of importance that they

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 132
Auktion:
Datum:
20.11.2014
Auktionshaus:
Cowan's Auctions, Inc.
Este Ave 6270
Cincinnati OH 45232
Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
info@cowans.com
+1 (0)513 8711670
+1 (0)513 8718670
Beschreibung:

20 items. Dr. Henry Janes (1832-1915) was Regimental Surgeon for the 3rd Vermont Infantry from its formation in June 1861 through the battle of Antietam. He was detailed to run two hospitals caring for the Antietam wounded, then was appointed Divisional medical officer of 2nd Division, VI Corps at Fredericksburg. After the battle, he went under flag of truce across enemy lines to treat and repatriate wounded Union soldiers. Promoted to VI Corps medical officer, he traveled with the Corps to the battle of Gettysburg. After the battle, he helped treat more than 20,000 wounded Union and Confederate soldiers. The giant sprawling hospital complex that had been formed there was named Camp Letterman, for Medical Director of the Army of the Potomac Jonathan Letterman. When the Army began its pursuit of Lee into Virginia, Letterman put Janes in charge. Janes, who like Letterman, constantly strived to improve the Army medical service, worked on procedures for treating the nearly always fatal gunshot fractures of the thigh besides amputation, saving the limbs of hundreds of soldiers. Dr Janes served throughout the war, advancing the science of treating major gunshot wounds. This archive of 20 items date from August to December 1863, during Janes' tenure as commander of Army medical facilities at Gettysburg, and gives us some insight into the man in charge of saving as many lives as possible in the largest battlefield medical organization in history, up to that time. By August, pressure was building to consolidate the number of temporary hospitals, so that the surgeons and staff could rejoin their regiments. The first letter, from District Head Quarters at Chambersburg, PA, dated August 15, 1863, notes a report that conditions at the Seminary in Gettysburg, which was being used as an emergency hospital, are unfavorable, and instructs Janes to transfer the wounded to medical camp set up outside town as soon as they can be safely moved. August 25 brings a letter from the Surgeon General's office in Washington, DC, again regarding the hospital at the Seminary: It is reported that there is much sickness in Seminary Hospital at Gettysburg, owing to the proximity of bodies imperfectly buried. You will please report the facts of the case at once, and take such action as may be most proper to remedy the evil; reporting your action also. Janes replies to this letter on the 28th, noting that there is nothing to the rumor: There were a considerable number of confederate soldiers buried during the battle in one hole immediately to the rear of the building. These bodies have been exhumed and removed to the grave yard. Many of the letters in the archive involve pressure on Janes to move Confederate wounded from the hospitals into POW camps at a faster pace. Two letters, urging the removal of all Confederate wounded, but especially Generals Trimble and Kemper, to Baltimore without delay, seem curious until put into perspective. Confederate General John McCausland had been sent into Pennsylvania on a mission of revenge for the Union army burning homes in the Shenandoah Valley. McCausland hit Chambersburg on July 30, only 25 miles west of Gettysburg. It was also the headquarters of the Department of the Susquehanna. The Rebels demanded $100,000 in gold or $500,000 in greenbacks, or they would burn down the town. When the money was not forthcoming, over 500 homes and buildings were put to the torch. This raised fears of a raid on Gettysburg to free the Confederate prisoners there. The first letter from Chambersburg, dated August 17, orders Trimble, Kemper, and any other Rebels able to withstand the journey, to be sent to Baltimore. Three days later, a more urgent order arrives: I am instructed by Maj Genl Couch to direct you to send to Baltimore without delay all the higher wounded officers at Gettysburg and vicinity that by any arrangement can possibly bear removal if you have not done so already. The General considers it a matter of importance that they

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 132
Auktion:
Datum:
20.11.2014
Auktionshaus:
Cowan's Auctions, Inc.
Este Ave 6270
Cincinnati OH 45232
Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
info@cowans.com
+1 (0)513 8711670
+1 (0)513 8718670
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