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American Civil War
Volunteer Surgens
The following extract, from a report made in 1864 by Dr. Joseph Tunnicliff, of Jackson, then State agent at Washington, to the Adjutant General, sets forth their readiness for this service:
The Potomac Army, under command of Lieutenant General Grant, crossed the Rapidan May 5th, 1864, and from that day onward to about the 10th day of June, there occurred a nearly continuous succession of battles, so frequent that it is a common remark of the soldiers returned from that campaign that it seemed to them like one continuous battle.
"Certain it is that the entire region, from the Rapidan to Cold Harbor, was a continuous battle ground. Three hundred thousand men in daily and nightly conflict for thirty-five days produced of necessity a host of wounded, who demanded from not only the Government but the people every possible assistance.
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