Report on the sanitary condition of the U.S. troops in the Mississippi Valley, during the month of August / by J.S. Newberry.

  • Newberry, J. S. (John Strong), 1822-1892.
Date:
[1861]
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Credit: Report on the sanitary condition of the U.S. troops in the Mississippi Valley, during the month of August / by J.S. Newberry. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SANITARY COMMISSION. No. 27. REP OR T SANITARY CONDITION (J. S, TROOPS IN THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, THE MONTH OF AUGUST. BY J. S. NEWBERRY, M. D Associate Secretary San. Commission. Of the sanitary condition of the Federal forces in the Valley of the Mississippi, and the operations of the Sani- tary Commission in that district during the month of Au- gust, I beg leave to submit the following report : It gives me pleasure to state that the general sanitary condition of the troops is good ; at least very encouraging, considering their universal want of experience in camp life, and the hurried manner in which they have been con- gregated from widely separated sections of the country, and thrown into conditions of life as regards climate,