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American Civil War
Volunteer Surgens
VOLUNTEER SURGEONS.
Notwithstanding the medical department of the Government exercised all its accustomed foresight and made judicious use of its immense resources with advanced preparations to meet coming emergencies, there were times during the war, when great battles came thick and fast, when rebel bullets felled men like the grain in harvest, that it failed in supplying a sufficiency of surgeons in the field, and extreme suffering threatened the sick and wounded. This deficiency, however, was readily and cheerfully made up by the voluntary, service of the medical men of the land. The surgeons of Michigan were not behind in the humane work, and without fee or proffer of reward, never failed, although at a great sacrifice, in promptly and substantially responding to the emergency.
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