United States Army Medical Department

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"United States Army Medical Department" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/O00010988, (accessed July 5, 2025).

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Branch of the United States Army devoted to carrying for sick and wounded soldiers. Headquartered in Washington, D.C. Led by the Surgeon General of the United States Army. Civil War-era Surgeon Generals: Clement Finley (1861-1862); William A. Hammond (1862-1864); Joseph Barnes (1864-1865).

George Washington Adams, Doctors in Blue: The Medical History of the Union Army in the Civil War (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1980).
Mary C. Gillett, The Army Medical Department: 1818-1865 (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1987).

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