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WAR OF THE REBELLION,(1861-65.)

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Surgeon General JOSEPH K, BARNES, United States Army,

WASHINGTON:GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

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WAR DEPARTMENT,SURGEON GENERAL S OFFICE,

November 12, 1870.In the first year of the War it became evident that the form of Returns of

Sick and Wounded, then in use, were insufficient and defective; and, on May 21,1862, measures were taken by the then Surgeon General of the Army, Wm. A.Hammond, to secure more detailed and exact reports of sick and wounded, byimportant modifications in the returns from medical officers. On June 9, 1862,the intention to prepare for publication a Medical and Surgical History of theRebellion was announced to the Medical Staff, in a Circular from the Surgeon7 oGeneral s Office. On July 1, 1863, a Consolidated Statement of Gunshot Wounds,by Surgeon J. H. Brinton. IT. S. Volunteers, then in charge of the Surgical/ O o ORecords, and Curator of the Army Medical Musuem ; and on September 8,1863, a Report on Sickness and Mortality of the Army during the first year ofthe War, prepared by Assistant Surgeon J. J. Woodward, U. S. Army, in chargeof the Medical Records, were published by this Office.

The necessity for a thorough revision of the Returns of Sick and Wounded

becoming apparent, a Medical Board was assembled for this purpose, in July,1862, and subsequently the following order was promulgated:

[CIRCULAR No. 25.]GENERAL ORDERS

]WAR DEPARTMENT,

ADJUTANT GENERAL S OFFICE.No. 355. Washington, November, 4, 1863.

Medical Directors of Armies in the field will forward, direct to the Surgeon General,at Washington, duplicates of their reports to their several Commanding Generals, of thekilled and wounded, after every engagement.

By order of the Secretary of War :

(Signed:) E. D. TOWNSEND,Assistant Adjutant General.

SURGEON GENERAL S OFFICE,Washington, D.