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Vol. XXIX, No. 1
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Cover image
A half-plate ambrotype from the Guy DeMasi collection pictures Surg. William Swann of the 6^th Georgia Infantry.

Inside Cover Image
A carte de visite from the Thomas Harris collection pictures 2^nd Lt. Herman Tuerk of the 12^th Missouri Infantry (U.S.)

Table of Contents (p. 1)

Editor’s Desk (p. 2)
The editor thanks several key individuals who contributed to this special issue of medical-related images, and promotes Portraits in Gray: A Civil War Photography Exhibition featuring the images of MI Contributing Editor David W. Vaughan.

Medical Images of the Civil War Period by Dr. Gordon E. Dammann, D.D.S., F.I.C.D., F.A.C.D. (pp. 3-34)
Subtitled “A Leading Collector Reminisces About Collecting Medical Images,” the author explains how photographs were originally not big on his list to acquire and how that changed when he became interested in these “capsules of history.” He continues to discuss some of the most memorable images in his collection. What follows Dammann’s introduction is 116 photographs gleaned from the author’s collection and others. The images are grouped in the following categories: Surgeons (47 images), hospital stewards (14 images), medical facilities (10 images), women medical workers (8 images) and war casualties (37 images). Many of the portraits are identified.

The surgeons include Corp. Erastus Worthen of the 2^nd Vermont Infantry, Dr. Edward Revere of the 20^th Massachusetts Infantry, Maj. E. Burke Haywood, acting medical director of the Confederate Department of North Carolina, Surg. George Osborne of the 5^th Massachusetts Cavalry, Surg. John Wesley Hunt of the 10^th New York Infantry, Asst. Surg. John Morris of the 150^th Pennsylvania Infantry, Surg. David Dixon of an unknown Union regiment, Surg. Emil Gulich of the 9^th Illinois Infantry, Surg. James L. Dunn of the 109^th Pennsylvania Infantry, Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross, Surg. William Randolph of the 17^th Kentucky Cavalry (U.S.), Surg. David Leroy of the 91^st Illinois Infantry, Surg. Henry F. Lyster of the 2^nd and 5^th Michigan infantries, Surg. Abraham Crispell of the 20^th New York State Militia, Surg. Edwin Bentley of the 1^st Connecticut Heavy Artillery, Surg. Charles Bower of the 6^th Pennsylvania Reserves, Asst. Surg. Myron Underwood of the 12^th Iowa Infantry, Medical Director of the Army of the Potomac Jonathan Letterman, Medical Purveyor of New York Maj. Richard Smith Satterlee, Asst. Surg. Richard Powell of the 88^th New York Infantry, Surg. Samuel R. Wooster of the 1^st Michigan Cavalry, Surg. Robert Hubbard of the 17^th Connecticut Infantry, Surg. Ferdinand Hayden, Chief Medical Officer of the Army of the Shenandoah, Surgeon and Medal of Honor recipient Gabriel Grant of the 2^nd New Jersey Infantry, Surg. Robert Smith of the 11^th Pennsylvania Infantry, Naval Surg. John J. Gibson of the Seminole, Asst. Surg. George Perkins of the 22^nd Massachusetts Infantry, A group portrait of field and staff officers of the 22^nd Massachusetts Infantry including Asst. Surg. George Perkins, Adj. Frederick Benson, Lt. Col. Thomas Sherwin, Quartermaster Harrison Royce, Surg. Isaac Stearns, Chap. Charles Tyler, Col. William Tilton and Maj. Mason Burt, Surg. James A. Armstrong of the 73^rd and 75^th Pennsylvania infantries, Asst. Surg. Prior N. Norton of the 20^th Kentucky Infantry, Surg. Horace Potter of the 105^th Illinois Infantry, Surg. James S. O’Donnell of Purnell’s Legion Maryland Infantry (U.S.), Surg. Stephen F. Elliott of the 4^th Battalion California Mountaineers, Surg. Matthew F. Price of the 1^st Pennsylvania Light Artillery, Surg. Fidelio Gillette of the 9^th New Jersey Infantry, Asst. Surg. Henry C. Barrell of the 27^th and 38^th Illinois infantries, Surg. Thomas M. Flandrau of the 146^th New York Infantry, Asst. Surg. Edward C. Franklin of the 2^nd Rhode Island Infantry, Surg. Francis Pillichody of the 74^th Pennsylvania Infantry, Surg. Horace Gates of the 31^st Iowa Infantry, and Surg. Walter Burnham of the 6^th Massachusetts Infantry.

Identified hospital stewards include Elisha Post of the 66^th Ohio Infantry, David Knowles of the 1^st Connecticut Cavalry, Charles L. Barnes of the 15^th Connecticut Infantry, Amasa D. Ward of the 38^th Massachusetts Infantry, Arthur W. Cox of the 19^th Massachusetts Infantry, Lewis Sager of an unidentified regiment, Arand (Aaron) VanderVeen of the 8^th Michigan Infantry, Algernon Marble Squier of the 9^th Vermont Infantry, Frank P. Davis of an unidentified regiment, William Henry Harrison Prime of the 23^rd Massachusetts Infantry, Peter Paul Fuchs of the 99^th Pennsylvania Infantry and Lorenzo Higgins of the 67^th U.S. Colored Infantry.

Identified medical facilities include the hospital at Fort Columbus in New York Harbor, Union Brigade Hospital at Dalton, Ga., U.S. General Hospital No. 4 in Nashville, Tenn., Barracks at Baton Rouge, La., medical staff of Lincoln U.S. Military Hospital in Washington, D.C., Officer’s U.S. Military Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., Adams U.S. Military Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., U.S. General Hospital #3, “Klein House,” at Vicksburg, Miss., “Harvey Hospital” or U.S. General Hospital in Madison, Wis. and a federal hospital in Beaufort, S.C.

Identified women medical workers include Medal of Honor recipient Dr. Mary Walker and Mary Ashton Livermore of the U.S. Sanitary Commission.

Identified war casualties include John W. Shelow of the 110^th Pennsylvania Infantry, Jacob Johnson of the 12^th Louisiana Infantry, Frederick A. Bartleson of the 100^th Illinois Infantry, Capt. Albert Gallatin Lawrence of the staff of Gen. Adelbert Ames, Levi Hutchens of the 1^st Confederate Infantry, Roger Bellis of the 1^st Potomac Home Brigade Maryland Infantry (U.S.), Dennis Mehan of the 2^nd Massachusetts Infantry, Capt. Isaac Shelby of the 28^th Mississippi Cavalry, Robert Avery of the 102^nd New York Infantry, a companion image of Avery with Joseph Goodman of the 147^th Pennsylvania Infantry and Charles T. Greene of the 12^th Corps, Alfred C. Lindsey of the 136^th Pennsylvania Infantry, James W. Jackson of the 22^nd Michigan Infantry, Samuel Affolter of the 176^th New York Infantry, Patrick Henry Lennon of the 42^nd New York Infantry, Daniel Alton of the 27^th Indiana Infantry, Wesley Coffey of the 14^th Indiana Infantry, Edward S. Dewey of the 57^th Massachusetts Infantry, Sidney M. Ballard of the 39^th North Carolina Infantry, William Moody of the 139^th Pennsylvania Infantry, Frederick R. Cutler of the 72^nd Pennsylvania Infantry, Doctor Bunnell’s makeshift embalming facility, Thomas Nugent of the 27^th Indiana Infantry and John Nelson of the 18^th Pennsylvania Cavalry.

Featured Images (p. 35)
Details of the photographs featured on the front cover, inside front cover, inside back cover and back cover.

How Our Great-Grand Father Met the Famous Physician-Photographer Named Reed Bontecou by Ted Karle (pp. 36-37)
The author tells stories from his family’s oral traditions about his forefather Peter Karle of the 83^rd Pennsylvania Infantry, and then shares his findings of what really happened. This led to the discovery that Karle had suffered a hernia and been hospitalized in Harewood Hospital in Washington, D.C. There he met Surg. Reed Bontecou, well known for photographing his patients. Karle is not exception—he was photographed in the buff.

Union Hospital Stewards by Steven Karnes (pp. 38-39)
A brief explanation of the role and responsibilities of hospital steward is illustrated with 10 cartes de visite from the author’s collection.

Operation at Fortress Monroe by Dr. Paul R. Johnson MD (pp. 40-41)
A photographic analysis documents three steroview photographs related to the 5^th New York Infantry (Duryee’s Zouaves) at Fortress Monroe, Va., in 1861. Two of the images show the surgeon of the regiment, Rufus Gilbert, and his assistant surgeon, B. Ellis Martin, performing an amputation. The third image is a view of the regiment’s staff that includes Gilbert and Martin.

Specimen Soldiers by Mark H. Dunkelman (pp. 42-44)
Subtitled “Medical Specimens of Three 154^th New York Infantry Soldiers Tell a Grim Story,” the author tells the stories behind bone fragments at the U.S. Army Medical Museum, which became today’s National Museum of Health and Medicine. The bones belonged to Cpl. Jerome Averill of Company K, Pvt. Michael Walsh of Company I and Oscar F. Wilber of Company G.

Uniforms & History by Michael J. McAfee (pp. 45-46)
In “The Reverend Doctor Gordon Winslow,” McAfee explains that the theme of the issue prompted him to move away from the usual format to share Winslow’s story. As chaplain of the 5^th New York Infantry (Duryee’s Zouaves), Winslow saw much of the war. In 1863 he left the regiment to become Sanitary Inspector of the Army of the Potomac under the auspices if the United States Sanitary Commission. Illustrations include four cartes de visite of Winslow and a carte de visite of his son, Cleveland Winslow, pictured as colonel of the 5^th.

Sutler’s Row (p. 47)

The Last Shot (p. 48)
A carte de visite from the collection of Dr. Paul R. Johnson pictures Lt. Thomas W. Chandler of the 65^th New York Infantry. The profile view of the lieutenant shows the prominent scar across his temple, the result of a bullet wound received in battle at Fort Fisher, Va., also known as Jones’s Farm, on March 25, 1865.

Inside Back Cover
A carte de visite from the Gordon Dammann collection pictures an unidentified Confederate surgeon.

Back Cover
A carte de visite from the Henry Deeks collection pictures the amputated right leg of Pvt. George T. Skilton of the 36^th Wisconsin Infantry.