Hospital stewards in the field show them wearing a forage cap and no shoulder scales. The uniform seen above would be worn only on dress occasions. Many of them had some medical background.Īt a time when there were no medical licenses or even a formal requirement of what credentials were necessary to beĬalled a physician, a few hospital stewards were promoted to the position of assistant surgeon. This is an incredibly rare Union Civil War uniform that was once in the well. Miller of Company F was struck in the left breast by a minie ball that just missed his heart. Beyond rare Civil War Hospital Stewards enlisted frock coat, near MINT. Near the close of the fighting on July 3, Corporal Enoch K. During their live conversation they will talk about the hospital steward’s role in the Civil War healthcare team, both in the hospital and in the field. William Campbell about his research on hospital stewards during the Civil War. They were among the highest pay enlisted men at $30 a month and were considered to have a veryĪssisted the regiment surgeon, acted as dressers and dispensed medication. Enlisting as a corporal in Company K, 12th New Jersey in August 1862, he transferred to the 108th New York on Apand was appointed as hospital steward. Education Coordinator John Lustrea will talk with Dr. There was one hospital steward assigned to each regiment and several assigned to general Issue 2 of American Civil War medical series. The facings or trim of the uniform and the one and one-half trouser The Hospital Stewards Manual: For the Instruction of Hospital Stewards, Ward-masters, and Attendants. His hat cord was also a unique, mixed buff and Army to be made up entirely of African-American men (apart from the officers). The 54th was one of the first formal units of the U.S. (2) Roll 87, Registers of Rations Received at the Van Buren Hospital (Louisiana) Hospital for Freedmen, 1864 (NAID 6116751) includes a list of nurses for the small pox hospital in MarchApril 1864. Hospital Stewards were the only enlisted men to wear this wreath. Glory is a 1989 American drama war film based on the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry as told from the point of view of its commanding officer, Robert Gould Shaw during the American Civil War.
He is wearing a Jeff Davis (Hardee) hat with a metallic wreath and the letters U.S.
The hospital steward is wearing a regulation frock coat with shoulder scales. There were two types of hospitals during the Civil War. The Civil War brought important advances in both organization and. Lack of preparedness was the foremost problem, and it was responsible for much otherwise unnecessary suffering. Contrary to popular belief, nineteenth century military medicine was not always crude and ineffective. Union Army Uniforms and Insignia of the Civil War Noncommissioned Officers' Uniforms During the Civil War (1861-65), Confederate military medical authorities established general hospitals behind the lines in at least thirty-nine cities and towns in Georgia, though many of them remained at a particular location for only a short time. The Confederate Medical department had to begin from scratch.
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