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American Civil War
Volunteer Surgens
While it is not assumed that Michigan surgeons were more humane than those of other States, it is honestly claimed that during the war their fullest * sympathies were extended to all the suffering consequent to the great struggle, and when opportunity offered were not withheld from the rebel. Among the many evidences of this fact, the following occurrence, which speaks for itself, is made a matter of record because the circumstance was brought about under the direction of a Michigan surgeon:
After the engagements at Perryville, and at other points in Kentucky in the latter part of 1862, several thousand rebel sick and wounded had been gathered together in hospitals at Harrodsburg, Kentucky. On October 20th Surgeon William H. DeCamp of the Michigan Engineers and Mechanics was detailed as Medical Director to relieve Surgeon Chambers, and assigned to duty in charge of all the hospitals at that point.
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