Sunday, October 17, 2010

The following is an abstract . . .

. . . from the first monthly report of the United States General Hospital at Keokuk, May 1st:

Total number of patients received in hospital – 599
Returned to duty – 11
Furloughed (convalescent) – 210
Died – 42
Buried here but died on boat – 7
Sick now in hospital – 96
Convalescent, detailed for duty at hospital - 89

– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, May 17, 1862 p. 1

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