"We are almost worked to death"
Not a learned profession: "Open-hearted frankness"
Outpost medicine: "We had no bandages"
The Hammond alliance: "Their wounds, as yet, undressed"
Taking medical command: "I found it in a deplorable condition"
Antietam: "I pray God may stop such infernal work"
Fredericksburg: "A huge serpent of blue and steel"
Chancellorsville: "What will the country say?"
Gettysburg: "I turned away and cried"
Validation: "Little more remained to be done"
Wildcatter: "A good kind husband"
Compassionate coroner: "I have done my duty faithfully"
An enduring legacy: "War is a terrible thing at best"
"Today I am used up."