Rhode Island's Civil War Hospital: Life and Death at Portsmouth Grove, 1862-1865

By Frank L. Grzyb

During the Civil War, thousands of wounded Union soldiers and Confederate prisoners convalesced in a general army hospital in rural Portsmouth Grove, Rhode Island. Because of its location on the periphery of the action, the hospital has remained a footnote to the dramatic sweep of Civil War literature. However, its history and the experiences of the doctors, nurses, patients and guards that gave it life provide a new perspective on the interaction between the army and society in wartime and on life in Civil War America. This in-depth account also explores the barbarities of medicine, daily routine in a general army hospital, the role of citizens in providing aid, the later adventures of former patients and staff, and the final resting places of those who died on the grounds.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786468610
• ISBN13: 9780786468614
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.9" x 9.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher