We had a call from this gentleman yesterday morning, as he was on his way to Cairo, going at his own expense and with the laudable object of doing all the good he can in his professional capacity to relieve the sufferings of the wounded soldiers. Dr. White was surgeon of the First Iowa Regiment, and was the most successful physician that accompanied the Iowa troops. He was with that Regiment in the State of Missouri during the four sickly months of June, July, August, and September, and of about twelve hundred and fifty cases that came under his hands, over one hundred of which were sunstroke , he lost only one man. During that time his regiment lost but four men by disease, the other three dying while not under the care of Dr. White. We mention these facts simply from the circumstance that reports have been circulated prejudicial to his reputation, as the record shows the least moratity by far in his regiment of any that have gone from our State.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Friday Morning, February 21, 1862, p. 1
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