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AUTHOR TITLE PUBLICATION INFO NOTES
Packard, John Hooker A manual of minor surgery San Francisco: Norman Publishing, 1990 Part of Norman's published American Civil War Surgery Series (no.10).  Originally published: Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1863
Palfrey, Francis Winthrop Have we the best possible ambulance system? Boston: Walker, Wise, and Co., 1864 Reprinted from the Christian Examiner, January 1864.
Palmer, Sarah A. The story of Aunt Becky’s army-life New York: John F. Trow & Co., 1868  
Parrish, Edward A treatise on pharmacy designed as a text-book for the student... Philadelphia: Blanchard & Lea, 1864  
Parrish, T. Michael and Robert M. Willingham, Jr. Confederate imprints: a bibliography of Southern publications from secession to surrender Austin, TX: Jenkins Publishing Co., 1985  
Pate, James P., ed. When this evil war is over: the correspondence of the Francis family, 1860-1865 Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, c2006  
Patriot Daughters of Lancaster Hospital scenes after the Battle of Gettysburg July 1863 by the Patriot Daughters of Lancaster Gettysburg, PA: G. Craig Caba, 1993  
Patterson, Gerard A. Debris of battle: the wounded of Gettysburg Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1997  
Patton, William Weston and and R.N. Isham Report on the condition of camps and hospitals: at Cairo and vicinity, Paducah and St. Louis Chicago: Dunlop, Sewell & Spalding, 1861 Sanitary Commission Series No. 38.
Pember, Phoebe Yates, 1823-1913 A Southern woman’s story: life in Confederate Richmond… Jackson, TN: McCowat-Mercer Press, 1959  
[Perry, John Gardner, 1840-1926]; Perry, Martha Derby Letters from a surgeon of the Civil War compiled by Martha Derby Perry ... Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1906  
Petrie, Stewart J. Letters and journal of a Civil War surgeon [Raleigh, NC]: Pentland Press, Inc., 1998  
  The pharmacopoeia of the United States of America Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1863 Issued by the National Convention for Revising the Pharmacopoeia.
Pittsburgh Sanitary Committee First report, address and proceedings of the Pittsburgh Sanitary Committee Pittsburgh: W. S. Haven, 1863  
Porcher, Francis Peyer, 1825-1895 Resources of the southern fields and forests, medical, economical, and agricultural. Being also a medical botany of the Confederate States; with practical information on the useful properties of the trees, plants, and shrubs Richmond, VA, Charleston, Steampower Press of Evans & Cogswell, 1863  
Porter, Mary Harriet Eliza Chappell Porter: a memoir New York: Fleming H. Revell co., c1892  
Powell, Ransom J., 1849-1899; Harold L. Scott, ed. The Civil War memoirs of Little Red Cap: a drummer boy at Andersonville Prison Cumberland, MD: Harold L. Scott, 1997  
Power, John Hatch Anatomy of the arteries of the human body descriptive and surgical with the descriptive anatomy of the heart Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1862 Library also has 1863 imprint.
Powers, Elvira J. Hospital pencillings; being a diary while in Jefferson General Hospital, Jeffersonville, Ind., and others at Nashville Tennessee as matron and visitor Boston: Edward L. Mitchell, 1866  
Quintard, Charles Todd, 1824-1898 Doctor Quintard, chaplain C. S. A. and second bishop of Tennessee: being his story of the war (1861-1865) Harrisonburg, Va.: Sprinkle Publications, 1999. Reprint of original edition, published in 1905 by University Press of Sewanee Tennessee. Edited and extended by Arthur Howard Noll.
Redpath, James, 1833-1891 The public life of Capt. John Brown: with …   Boston: Thayer and Eldridge, 1860  
Reed, William Howell, 1837-1914 Hospital life in the Army of the Potomac Boston: William V. Spencer, 1866  
Rhodes, James Ford, 1848-1927 History of the United States: from the compromise of 1850 to the final restoration of home rule at the South in 1877 New York; Macmillan, 1913-1919 8 volumes. Vol. 8 has title: History of the United States from Hayes to McKinley, 1877-1896.
Richard, J. Fraise The Florence Nightingale of the Southern Army: experiences of Mrs. Ella K. Newsom, Confederate Nurse in the Great War of 1861-65 New York: Broadway Publishing Co., 1914 Mrs. Newsom's experiences were identified mainly with the Confederate Army of Tennessee, in the hospitals of Bowling Green, Nashville, Memphis, Chattanooga, Abingdon, Atlanta and Corinth.
Richmond Academy of Medicine Confederate medicine, 1861-1865 / presented by the Medical Society of Virginia with the cooperation of the Richmond Academy of Medicine and the Virginia Civil War Commission Richmond, Va.: The Society, 1961

 

 

 Reprint of the Virginia Medical Monthly, vol. 88, no. 10, pages 573-628

 
Russell, Mike Collector's guide to Civil War period bottles and jars (with prices) Herndon, VA: Russell Publications, 1998 3rd edition, with revised prices and text, and additional listings photographs.
Sargent, Fitzwilliam W., 1820-1889 On bandaging, and other operations of minor surgery... Philadelphia: Blanchard and Lea, 1859 New edition, revised and enlarged.
Sargent, Fitzwilliam W., 1820-1889 On bandaging and other operations of minor surgery Philadelphia: Blanchard and Lea, 1862 [c1855] "New edition, with an additional chapter on military surgery, by W. F. Atlee, M.D."
Savitt, Todd Lee Medicine and slavery: diseases and health care of blacks in antebellum Virginia Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1978  
Schaadt, Mark J. Civil War medicine, an illustrated history Quincy, IL: Cedarwood Publishing, 1998  
Schildt, John W. Antietam hospitals Chewsville, MD: Antietam Publications, 1987  
Schildt, John W. Hunter Holmes McGuire: Doctor in gray Chewsville, MD: John W. Schildt, 1986  
Schuppert, Moritz, 1817-1887 A treatise on gun-shot wounds: written for and dedicated to the surgeons of the Confederate States Army New Orleans: Bulletin Book and Job Office, 1861 Library also has reprint (San Francisco: Norman Publishing, 1990).
Scott, Harold L. The Civil War hospitals at Cumberland & Clarysville, Maryland Cumberland, MD: Harold L. Scott, 1995  
Sherwood, Robert Emmet, 1896-1955 Abe Lincoln in Illinois: a play in twelve scenes New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1939. With a foreword by Carl Sandburg.
Shura, Mary Francis Gentle Annie: the true story of a Civil War nurse New York: Scholastic, Inc., 1991  
Shutes, Milton H. Lincoln and the doctors:  a medical narrative of the life of Abraham Lincoln New York: The Pioneer Press, April 15, 1933 Copy number 80 of a limited edition of 550 copies, signed by the author.
Silliman, Justus M.; Edward Marcus, ed. A New Canaan private in the Civil War: letters of Justus M. Silliman, 17th Connecticut Volunteers New Canaan, CT: New Canaan Historical Society, 1984  
Smith, Adelaide W. Reminiscences of an army nurse during the Civil War New York: Greaves Publishing Co., 1911  
Smith, Edward Parmlee, 1827-1876 Incidents of the United States Christian Commission Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1869  
Smith, George Winston Medicines for the Union Army: the United States Army laboratories during the Civil War New York: Pharmaceutical Products Press, 2001 Originally published 1962 by the American Institute for the History of Pharmacy, Madison, WI.
Smith, Stephen Hand-book of surgical operations New York: Bailliere Brothers, 1862 Library also has the 1990 reprint published by Norman Publishing (The American Civil War Surgery Series, no.8) 
Smith, William Mervale, b. 1825 Swamp doctor: the diary of a Union surgeon in the Virginia and North Carolina marshes / edited by Thomas P. Lowry Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, c2001  
Snow, John, 1813-1858 On chloroform and other anaesthetics, their actions and administrations Park Ridge, IL: Wood Library, 1989 Facsimile of the 1858 (London: J. Churchill) edition.
Snowden and Brother Catalogue of surgical and dental instruments, elastic trusses, medical saddle bags, abdominal supporters, shoulder braces and druggists sundries San Francisco: Norman Publishing, 1997

Reprint. Originally published: Philadelphia, 1860. 

In: Surgical and dental instrument catalogues from the Civil War era: Snowden and Brother (1860) and John Weiss and Son (1863).
Snowden and Brother, and John Weiss and Son Surgical and dental instruments catalogues from the Civil War era: Snowden and Brother (1860) and John Weiss and Son (1863) / with a new introduction by James M. Edmonson San Francisco: Norman Pub. in association with the National Museum of Health and Medicine, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, 1997. First work originally published under title: Catalogue of surgical and dental instruments, elastic trusses, medical saddle bags, abdominal supporters, shoulder braces, and druggists' sundries; 2nd work originally published under title: A catalogue of surgical instruments, apparatus, appliances, etc.
Souder, Emily Bliss Thacher Leaves from the battle-field of Gettysburg: a series of letters from a field hospital Philadelphia: Caxton Press, 1864  
Southern Historical Society Southern Historical Society Papers Richmond, VA: Broadfoot Publishing Co., 1990 Facsimile, 52 vols. with 3 vol. index.
Spencer, Ambrose A narrative of Andersonville: drawn from the evidence elicited on the trial of Henry Wirz, the jailer; with the argument of Col. N.P. Chipman, Judge Advocate

 

 New York: Harper & Brothers, 1866.  
Stark, Richard B. and Janet C. Stark Surgical care of the Confederate States Army 1959 [In]: United States Armed Forces medical journal, Vol. 10, No. 1, Jan. 1959, pp. 50-68.
Stearns, Amanda Akin The lady nurse of Ward E New York: Baker & Taylor Company, 1909 Amanda Stearns worked at Armory Hospital in Washington DC April 1863 to July 1864. 
Stearns, Amos Edward, 1833- The Civil War diary of Amos E. Stearns, a prisoner at Andersonville / edited by Leon Basile Rutherford [N.J.]: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press; London: Associated University Presses, c1981  
Steiner, Lewis Henry, 1827-1892 Report of Lewis H. Steiner, M.D., inspector of the Sanitary Commission, containing a diary kept during the rebel occupation of Frederick, MD, and an account of the operations of the U.S. Sanitary Commission ...  New York: Anson D. F. Randolph, 1862  
Sterkx, H. E. Partners in rebellion: Alabama women in the Civil War Rutherford, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1970  
Sterkx, H. E. Some notable Alabama women during the Civil War University, Alabama: Alabama Civil War Centennial Commission, 1962  
Stevens, George T., 1832-1921 Three years in the sixth corps: a concise narrative of events in the Army of the Potomac from 1861 to the close of the Rebellion, April 1865 Time-Life Books Inc., 1984 Reprint. Originally published: Albany, NY: S. R. Gray, 1866. The author served as surgeon with the 77th New York 1862-1864.
Stevenson, B. F. Letters from the Army, 1862-1864 Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co., 1886 First edition. The multitude of letters in this Civil War account were written by a surgeon of the Twenty-Second Kentucky Infantry. Much detailed information as to dates, places, events, and people are contained in this volume. One of the best primary sources of the daily activities of a regimental surgeon, both during and between battles. 
Stevenson, William G. Thirteen months in the Rebel Army: being a narrative of personal… New York: A. S. Barnes & Burr, 1862 First edition.
Stille, Charles Janeway, 1819-1899 History of the United States Sanitary Commission: being the general report of its work during the War of the Rebellion Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1866 Limited edition of 125 copies printed (this copy is unnumbered).
Stimson, Lewis Atterbury, 1843-1924; Edward Lawrence Keyes, ed. Civil War memories of Lewis A. Stimson, M.D.   New York: Knickerbocker Press, 1918 In: Lewis Atterbury Stimson, M.D. [by E. L. Keyes]
Stout, Samuel Hollingsworth, 1822-1903 Letter, written in ink by S. H. Stout, Medical Director of Hospitals, C. S. A., to Col. B.S. Ewell, protesting the draft of his carpenters into the army, leaving hospitals unfinished. Dated Atlanta, March 9, 1863  
Strait, Newton Allen Roster of all regimental surgeons and assistant surgeons in the late war… Washington: U.S. Pension Office, 1882  
Stromeyer, Georg Friedrich Louis, 1804-1876 Gunshot fractures Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1862 First American edition. Translated by S.F. Statham. Bound with Resection in gunshot injuries by Friedrich von Esmarch.
Strong, George Templeton, 1820-1875 A brief outline of what the U. S. Sanitary Commission has done and is doing: and to submit to you the question, whether the public can afford to let this work be abandoned for want of means to carry it on

 

 [New York: s. n.], 1861 United States Sanitary Commission. Circular letter.
Strong, George Templeton; Allan Nevins and Milton H. Thomas, eds.  The diary of George Templeton Strong 1835-1875 New York: Macmillan Co., 1952 4 volumes.
Swinburne, John, 1820-1889 Compound and comminuted gun-shot fractures of the thigh: and means for their transportations, etc. Albany: Van Benthuysen's Steam Printing House, 1864 Reprint from the Transactions of the Medical Society of the State of New York, 1864.
Taylor, Benjamin F., 1819-1887 Pictures of life in camp and field Chicago: S. C. Griggs & Company, 1875 2nd edition; first published in 1872 with title: Mission Ridge and Lookout Mountain, with pictures of life in camp and field.
Taylor, Susie King; Patricia W. Romero, ed. A black woman’s Civil War memoirs: reminiscences of my life in camp with the 33rd U. S. Colored Troops, late 1st South Carolina Volunteers

 

 New York: M. Wiener Publishers, c1988 Other title: "Reminiscences of my Life in Camp with the 33rd U.S. Colored Troops, Late 1st South Carolina Volunteers".
Taylor, William Henry, 1835-1917 De quibus; discourses and essays Richmond, VA: Bell Book and Stationary Co., 1908  
Thomson, Anthony Todd A conspectus of the pharmacopoeias of the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Colleges of Physicians… New York: Henry G. Langley, 1844  
Toynbee, Joseph The diseases of the ear: their nature, diagnosis, and treatment Philadelphia: Blanchard & Lea, 1860  
Tripler, Charles Stuart & George Curtis Blackman Hand-book for the military surgeon: being a compendium of the duties of the medical officer in the field, the sanitary management of the camp, the preparation of the food, etc...  Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co., 1861 Library also has the 1989 reprint published by Norman Publishing (The American Civil War Surgery Series, no.7) 
Tumblety, Francis A few passages in the life of Dr. Francis Tumblety, the Indian herb doctor : including his experience in the old Capitol Prison... Cincinnati: published by the author, 1866.  
  U. S. A. War Department Prescription Book for Fort Preble Portland, ME; March 5, 1862 - November 18, 1865  
Underhill, Joshua W.; Christopher Morss, ed. Helena to Vicksburg: A Civil War odyssey. The personal diary of Joshua Whittington Underhill, Surgeon, 46th Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry. 23 October 1862-21 July 1863. Lincoln Center, MA: Heritage House, 2000  
United Daughters of the Confederacy. South Carolina Division. South Carolina women in the Confederacy Columbia, SC: The State Company, 1903-1907 2 vols.
United States. 40th Congress. 3d Session, 1869-1870. Senate Memorial of Clara Barton, praying the passage of an act for the purpose of remedying any defect in the existing laws in retaliation to the payment of bounties, back pay, and pensions Mis. Doc. No. 57, 1869  
United States. Army. Hospital Dept. Invoice of medicines, instruments, hospital stores . . . contained in 1 package, marked U. S. A. Hospital Department, A. A. Surgeon Dickenson, mouth of Rio Grande 1847 Invoice of medical supplies, with personal addressee, signature, numbers, and a few names of supplies handwritten. Printed place of origin New York scratched off and replaced with Camargo, Mexico. This Camargo may be Camargo, Tamaulipas, on the Rio Grande. Signed: "S. P. [or L.P.?] Moony, Asst. Surgeon, Med. Purveyor, 12th May 1847."
 
United States Army Medical Department Regulations for the Medical Department of the Army Washington: Bowman printers, 1860  
United States Army Medical Department Roster of regimental surgeons and assistant surgeons in the U.S. Army Medical Department during the Civil War Gaithersburg, MD: Olde Soldier Books, Inc., [1989?] Reprint.
United States Army Medical Museum Catalogue of the United States Army Medical Museum Washington: Government Printing Office, 1866-67 [Pt. 1] Catalogue of the surgical section / by A. A. Woodhull, 1866 -- [Pt. 2] Catalogue of the medical section / by J. J. Woodward, 1867 -- [Pt. 3] Catalogue of the microscopical section / by Edward Curtis, 1867.
United States Christian Commission Annual report / United States Christian Commission, for the army and navy Philadelphia, Pa.: The Commission, 1863-1865 1st and 2nd Annual Reports.
United States Christian Commission Facts, principles and progress: October, 1863 [Davenport, IA: Amazon Drygoods, 19??] Facsimile. Originally published: Philadelphia: C. Sherman, Son & Co., Printer, 1863.
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia Report [of] the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to whom was referred the petition of Dr. William T. G. Morton, asking compensation for the discovery and gift to his country and mankind of the application of ethereal vapor as a safe and practical anaesthesia, or pain-subduing agent Washington: Government Printing Office, 1863 United States. Congress. Senate. Report No. 89.

Committee chairman was Henry Wilson.
United States Navy Department, Naval War Records Office Official records of the Union and Confederate navies in the war of the rebellion Harrisburg, PA: National Historical Society: Broadfoot Publishing, 1987 Facsimile, 31 vols, including an index.
United States Provost Marshal General’s Bureau Statistics, medical and anthropological, of the Provost Marshal-General’s Bureau, derived from the records of the examination for military service in the armies of the United States during the late War of the Rebellion... Washington: Govt. Print. Off., 1875 Library owns 2 copies.
United States Sanitary Commission Appeal of the executive finance committee in the city of New York New York: The Commission, 1861 Sanitary Commission Series No. 16.
United States Sanitary Commission Associate members of the U. S. Sanitary Commission: December 7th, 1861 Washington: The Commission, 1861 Sanitary Commission Series No. 34
United States Sanitary Commission Associate members of the U. S. Sanitary Commission: June 29th, 1861 Washington: The Commission, 1861 Sanitary Commission Series No. 12
United States Sanitary Commission Associate members of the U. S. Sanitary Commission: March 15th, 1862 New York: The Commission, 1862 Sanitary Commission Series No. 33
United States Sanitary Commission Camp inspection return Washington: The Commission, 1861 Sanitary Commission Series No. 19a
United States Sanitary Commission Camp inspection return ... [Form A-C] New York?: The Commission, 1862 Sanitary Commission Series No. 19, Form A
United States Sanitary Commission A collection of the papers of the Sanitary Commission: September 1, 1861. Washington: The Commission, 1861 Sanitary Commission Series No. 25, Being a reprint of nos. 1-3, 5, 7, 10, 15-17, 20-22
United States Sanitary Commission The Committee to whom was referred the subjects of examinations of volunteers and other officers of the Army from civil life, and of reserves New York: The Commission, 1862 Sanitary Commission Series No. 30.
United States Sanitary Commission Documents of the U.S. Sanitary Commission.  Numbers 1-96. New York: 1861-1866 Includes reports and supplements. John Shaw Billings understood the significance of the ephemeral publications and chose to have them listed separately in the Index-Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-General's Office, United States Army. They appear in the first series, volume 14, pp. 1011-1012. The Reynolds' collection includes all of the items listed in the Index-Catalogue with the exception of nos. 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 13, 15, 18, 58, 60, and 83.
United States Sanitary Commission General instructions to sanitary inspectors Washington: The Commission, 1861 Sanitary Commission Series No. 242.
 
United States Sanitary Commission

 

 Hospital transports: a memoir of the embarkation of the sick and wounded from the peninsula of Virginia in the summer of 1862 Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1863. First Edition. Library owns 2 copies.
United States Sanitary Commission

 

 Hygiene. Washington, D.C.: The Commission, 1861 Sanitary Commission Series No. 9.
 
United States Sanitary Commission Instructions to general inspectors concerning certain campaign duties Washington: The Commission, 1862 Sanitary Commission Series No. 52.
 
United States Sanitary Commission Letter from the acting Surgeon General to the Secretary of War, advising the institution of a commission, to be styled "A commission of inquiry and advice in respect of the sanitary interests of the United States forces"... Washington: The Commission, 1861 Sanitary Commission Series No. 2.
 
United States Sanitary Commission

 

 [Letter to] Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States. New York: The Commission, 1862 Sanitary Commission Series No. 47.
United States Sanitary Commission [Letter] to all loyal citizens of the United States. New York: The Commission, 1862 Sanitary Commission Series No. 442.
United States Sanitary Commission Letter to the President of the United States, concerning the removal of Surgeon-General W. A. Hammond New York: The Commission, 1866 Sanitary Commission Series No. 73.
 
United States Sanitary Commission [Letter] to the President of the United States [from the Executive Committee of the Sanitary Commission, July 21st, 1862.] New York: The Commission, 1862 Letter to the President on the measures necessary to protect the lives of the new levee of troops to be called into the field.

Sanitary Commission Series No. 43.
United States Sanitary Commission Narrative of privations and sufferings of the United States officers and soldiers while prisoners of war in the hands of the rebel authorities … Philadelphia: King & Baird, printers, 1864 Has four woodcut prints, based on photographs of emaciated Union soldiers who were imprisoned at Belle Isle, and an appendix containing the testimony. The library also has an edition of this work published, Boston: Office of "Littell's Living Age", [1864?].
United States Sanitary Commission [Notification of election as an associate member.] Washington: The Commission, 1861 Sanitary Commission Series No. 10.
 
United States Sanitary Commission Origin and objects of the Sanitary Commission, August 13th, 1861. New York: The Commission, 1861 Sanitary Commission Series No. 22.
United States Sanitary Commission Plan of organization: for "the commission of inquiry and advice in respect of the sanitary interests of the United States forces." Washington: The Commission, 1861 Sanitary Commission Series No. 3.
 
United States Sanitary Commission Provision for the soldiers disabled in the war. New York: The Commission, 1862 Sanitary Commission Series No. 49.

Letter of Henry W. Bellows, president, to Stephen G. Perkins, requesting him to study the military pension systems of the principal European nations.
United States Sanitary Commission A record of certain resolutions of the Sanitary Commission, passed in the second, third, and fourth sessions. Washington: The Commission, 1861? Sanitary Commission Series No. 21.
United States Sanitary Commission Report concerning the Woman's Central Association of Relief at New York: to the U.S. Sanitary Commission at Washington New York: Wm. C. Bryant, printers, 1861 Sanitary Commission Series No. 32.
United States Sanitary Commission Report of a committee appointed by resolution of the Sanitary Commission, to prepare a paper on the use of quinine as a prophylactic against malarious diseases New York: Wm. C. Bryant & Co., 1861 Sanitary Commission Series No. 31.
United States Sanitary Commission [Report of] the Committee appointed on the 29th inst.: to visit the military general hospitals in and around Washington, and to ascertain their condition and the wants of the sick and wounded volunteers Washington: The Commission, 1861 Sanitary Commission Series No. 23.

Signed: Wm. H. Van Buren, M.D., C.R. Agnew, M.D.
United States Sanitary Commission Report of a committee of the associate members of the Sanitary Commission on dysentery Philadelphia: Collins, 1862 Sanitary Commission Series; M.
United States Sanitary Commission Report of a committee of the associate medical members of the Sanitary Commission, on the subject of continued fevers Boston: J. E. Farwell, 1862  
United States Sanitary Commission Report of a committee of the associate medical members of the Sanitary Commission on the subject of scurvy with special reference to practice in the Army and Navy Washington: Government Printing Office, 1862 Signed: William A. Hammond, Chairman.

Library has another edition published: Washington, M'Gill & Witherow, Printers, 1863.

United States Sanitary Commission Report of a preliminary survey of the camps of a portion of the volunteer forces near Washington Washington: The Commission, 1861. Sanitary Commission Series No. 16.

By the Resident Secretary, Fred. Law Olmsted.
 
United States Sanitary Commission Reports on the operations of the inspectors and relief agents of the Sanitary Commission: after the battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862 New York: Wm. C. Bryant, 1863 Sanitary Commission Series No. 57.

By J. H. Douglas and C. W. Brink.
United States Sanitary Commission A report to the secretary of war of the operations of the Sanitary Commission, and upon the sanitary conditions of the volunteer army, its medical staff, hospitals, and hospital supplies Washington: McGill & Witherow, 1861 Sanitary Commission Series No. 40.
United States Sanitary Commission Resolutions passed by Sanitary Committee in session, Monday, July 29, and ordered to be sent to the President, heads of the departments, and to both houses of Congress Washington: The Commission, 1861 Sanitary Commission Series No. 20.
United States Sanitary Commission Revised general instructions for camp inspections Washington: The Commission, 1862 Sanitary Commission Series No. 51.

Signed: Fred. Law Olmsted, general secretary.
United States Sanitary Commission Rules of the central office Washington: The Commission, 1862 Sanitary Commission Series No. 53.

Signed: Fred. Law Olmsted, general secretary
United States Sanitary Commission The Sanitary Commission is daily answering the requirements of eighty general military hospitals New York: The Commission, 1862 Sanitary Commission Series No. 48.
United States Sanitary Commission Sanitary memoirs of the War of the Rebellion collected and published by the United States Sanitary commission New York: 1867-69  
United States Sanitary Commission Statement from Rev. Dr. Bellows as to the labor and wants of the Commission, October 22, 1862 New York: s. n., 1862 Sanitary Commission Series No. 54.
United States Sanitary Commission To his Excellency the governor of the state of: sir, the Commission of Inquiry and Advice, in respect of the sanitary condition of the United States forces ... Washington: The Commission, 1861 Sanitary Commission Series No. 8.
United States Sanitary Commission To the Secretary of War Washington? : The Commission?, 1861? Sanitary Commission Series No. 1.

Address from representatives of the Woman's Central Association for the Sick and Wounded of the Army, the Advisory Committee of the Boards of Physicans and Surgeons of the Hospitals of New York, and the New York Medical Association for furnishing Hospital Supplies in aid of the Army to the Secretary of War requesting that a commission on sanitary matters be established.
United States Sanitary Commission The U.S. sanitary commission in the valley of the Mississippi during the war of the rebellion, 1861-1866. Final report of Dr. J. Newberry, secretary Cleveland: Fairbanks, Benedict & Co., printers, 1871 Sanitary Commission Series No. 96.
  The United States Sanitary Commission: a sketch of its purposes and its work compiled from documents and private papers Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1863 First edition. "...this Book does not originate with the United States Sanitary Commission...But...by one who has served with the Commission from the first..."--probably by Katharine Prescott Wormeley
United States Sanitary Commission. Boston Branch Report concerning the Special Relief Service of the U.S. Sanitary Commission in Boston, Mass. for the year ending March 31, 1864 Boston: Prentiss and Deland, 1864 At head of title: U.S. Sanitary Commission. (Executive Committee of Boston Associates.) No. 1.
United States Sanitary Commission. Chicago Branch Report on the condition of camps and hospitals: at Cairo and vicinity, Paducah and St. Louis Chicago: Dunlop, Sewell & Spalding, 1861 Sanitary Commission Series No. 38.

By W.W. Patton and R.N. Isham.

United States Sanitary Commission. Cincinnati Branch Report of the Cincinnati Branch, U.S. Sanitary Commission: from December 1, 1861 to December 1, 1864, three years Cincinnati: s. n., 1865  
United States Sanitary Commission. Cincinnati Branch Report of the operations of the Cincinnati Branch of the United States Sanitary Commission: to March 1, 1862 Cincinnati: The Commission, 1862 Sanitary Commission Series No. 44.
United States Sanitary Commission. Cleveland Branch First annual report of the Soldiers' Aid Society, of Northern Ohio . . . to the U.S. Sanitary Commission, July 1, 1862 Cleveland: Fairbanks, Benedict, printers, 1862  
United States Sanitary Commission. Cleveland Branch Report of the Soldiers' Aid Society, of Cleveland, Ohio, and its auxiliaries: to the U.S. Sanitary Commission, at Washington, November 30, 1861 Cleveland, Ohio: Fairbanks, Benedict Co., printers, 1861 Sanitary Commission Series No. 37.
United States Sanitary Commission. New York Branch Regulations of the New York Agency of the Commission, and for its transport service on the Atlantic Coast New York: s. n., 1862 Sanitary Commission Series No. 45.
United States Sanitary Commission. Philadelphia Branch Report of the general superintendent of the Philadelphia branch of the U.S. Sanitary Commission, to the Executive Committee, January 1st, 1866 Philadelphia: King & Baird, printers, 1866  
United States Sanitary Commission. Western Department Reports from the Western Department Louisville: The Commission, 1862 Sanitary Commission Series No. 55.
United States Surgeon General's Office Directions concerning the duties of medical purveyors and medical storekeepers, and the manner of obtaining and accounting for medical and hospital supplies for the army...  Washington: Govt. Print. Off., 1863 Revised edition of Circular No. 12.
United States Surgeon General's Office The medical and surgical history of the Civil War Wilmington, N.C.: Broadfoot Pub. Co., 1990-91 12 volumes. Reprint of: The Medical and surgical history of the war of the rebellion (1861-65).

Library also has the 3 volume index to this set.
United States Surgeon General's Office The medical and surgical history of the War of the Rebellion (1861-65) Washington: Govt. Print. Off., 1875-88 2 volumes in 6 parts.
United States Surgeon General's Office The medical department of the United States army: from 1775 to 1873 Washington, D.C.: Surgeon General's Office, 1873 Compiled under the direction of the surgeon general by Harvey E. Brown.
United States Surgeon General's Office Reflex paralysis Washington: Surgeon General’s Office, March 10, 1864 Circular No. 6.
United States Surgeon General's Office A report on amputations at the hip-joint in military surgery Washington: Govt. Printing Off., 1867 Circular No. 7; Written by George A. Otis. Library's copy 2 bound with spine title: Hip-joint amputations.
 
United States Surgeon General's Office A report on barracks and hospitals: with descriptions of military posts Washington: Govt. Print. Off., 1870 Circular No. 4

 
United States Surgeon General's Office A report on excisions of the head of the femur for gunshot injury Washington: Govt. Print. Off., 1869 Circular No. 2.

 
United States Surgeon General's Office A report on the hygiene of the United States Army with descriptions of military posts Washington: Govt. Printing Off., 1875 Circular No. 8.
United States Surgeon General's Office Report on hygiene of the United States Army with descriptions of military posts / by John S. Billings and Report to the Surgeon General on the transport of sick and wounded by pack animals / by George A. Otis; with an introduction by Herbert M. Hart. New York: Lewis, 1974. Reprint of War Department Surgeon General's Office Circular no. 8, and 9, issued 1875 and 1877, respectively.
United States Surgeon-General's Office Reports on the extent and nature of the materials available for the preparation of a medical and surgical history of the Rebellion Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1865  
United States Surgeon General's Office Sickness and mortality of the army during the first year of the war Washington: [s. n.], 1863 Circular No. 15.
United States Surgeon-General's Office Standard supply table of the medical department of the United States Army Washington: Govt. Print. Off., 1867  
United States Surgeon General's Office Statistical report on the sickness and mortality in the Army of the United States compiled from the records of the Surgeon General's office; embracing a period of sixteen years, from January, 1839, to January, 1855. Prepared under the direction of Brevet Brigadier General Thomas Lawson...  Washington: A. O. P. Nicholson, 1856 Library lacks vol. 1.
 
United States War Department Report of a board of officers to decide upon a pattern of ambulance wagon for army use Washington: Government Printing Office, 1878  
United States War Department The war of the rebellion: a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies [Pasadena, CA]: Historical Times: Distributed by Broadfoot Pub. Co., 1985 Facsimile, 128 vols.
Van Buren, William Holme, 1819-1883 Rules for preserving the health of the soldier Washington: The Commission, 1861 Sanitary Commission Series No. 172.
Van Dusen, Conrad, 1801-1878 The prodigy: a brief account of the bright career of a youthful genius, Dr. G. E. A. Winans... Toronto: A. Dredge & Co., 1870 This rare volume includes George E. A. Winans' (1843-1865) description of his service as a military surgeon in the American Civil War. He served on staff at Harewood Hospital near Washington, D.C.
Venable, Abraham Watkins Scrapbook containing domestic and medical receipts 1851-1865?  
Vermont. Surgeon-General Annual report of the Surgeon General of the state of Vermont, to his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief Burlington: Free Press Print, 1865 Pamphlet
Vining, Charles Catalogue of Herbs, Roots, Barks, Powdered Articles, &c. Portland: B. Thurston, Printer, 1864 Reprinted 1972, Hands to Work Series No. 2.
Virginia Civil War Commission Confederate medicine, 1861-1865 / presented by the Medical Society of Virginia with the cooperation of the Richmond Academy of Medicine and the Virginia Civil War Commission Richmond, Va.: The Society, 1961 Reprint of the Virginia Medical Monthly, vol. 88, no. 10, pages 573-628
Warner, Oliver, 1818-1885 Twenty-second report to the legislature of Massachusetts, relating to the registry and return of births, marriages, and deaths, in the Commonwealth, for the year ending December 31, 1863 Boston: Wright & Potter, 1865 Public document (Massachusetts) 1.
Warren, Edward, 1828-1893 A doctor's experiences in three continents Baltimore: Cushings & Bailey, 1885 First edition. Warren served as medical inspector of the Army of Northern Virginia during the Civil War and is best remembered for his classic book on surgery for the field and hospital issued for the CSA in 1863. 
Warren, Edward, 1828-1893 An epitome of practical surgery for field and hospital Richmond, VA: West & Johnston, 1863 Library also has the 1989 reprint published by Norman Publishing (The American Civil War Surgery Series, no.4) 
Warren, Jonathan Mason, 1811-1867 Surgical observations, with cases and operations Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1867  
Wash, W. A. Camp, field and prison life; containing sketches of service in the South, and the experience, incidents and observations connected with almost two years' imprisonment at Johnson's island, Ohio, where 3,000 Confederate officers were confined Saint Louis, Southwestern Book and Publishing Co., 1870 Includes a medical history of Johnson's Island by Col. I. G. W. Steedman, M.D. (Col. 1st Reg't, Alabama Volunteers, C.S.A.), was one of the Confederate acting surgeon's at the prison hospital at Johnson's Island POW camp.  
[Captain W. A. Wash (60th TN, C. S. A.).]
Webster, Warren Army Medical Staff. An Address Delivered at the Inauguration of the Dale General Hospital Boston: Wright & Potter, Printers, 1865  
Welch, Spencer Glasgow A Confederate surgeon's letters to his wife Marietta, GA: Continental Book Co., 1954 Spencer Welch was a surgeon in the 13th South Carolina Volunteers, McGowan's Brigade.
Wells, John W. and Newton A. Strait An alphabetical list of the battles of the War of the Rebellion, compiled from the official records of the office of the Adjutant-General and the Surgeon-General, U.S.A. and a roster of all the regimental surgeons and assistant surgeons in the late war and hospital service San Francisco: Norman Publishing, 1990 Reprint (American Civil War Surgery Series, no. 11). Originally published: Revised edition, Washington D.C.: G. M. Van Buren, 1883.
Western Sanitary Commission Final report of the Western Sanitary commission from May 9th, 1864, to December 31st, 1865 St. Louis: R. P. Studley, 1866  
Western Sanitary Commission Report of the Western Sanitary Commission for the year ending June 1st, 1863 St. Louis: Western Sanitary Commission Rooms, 1863  
Western Sanitary Commission Report of the Western Sanitary Commission, on their white Union refugees of the South, their persecutions, sufferings, destitute condition, and the necessity of giving aid and relief on their coming to our military posts St. Louis: R. P. Studley, 1864  
Western Sanitary Commission Report to the Western Sanitary Commission on the general military hospitals of St. Louis, Mo St. Louis: R.P. Studley and Co., Printers, 1862 Submitted by Simon Pollak.
Wheelock, Julia S. 1833-1900 The boys in white; the experience of a hospital agent in and around Washington New York: Lange & Hillman, 1870 Inscribed "Miss Clara F. Jones from Julia S. Wheelock"
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 The wound dresser: a series of letters written from the hospitals in Washington during the War of the Rebellion Boston: Small, Maynard and Co., 1898 [c1897] 1st edition. Whitman worked in a Washington DC hospital as a volunteer (Harewood Hospital and Armory Square Hospital).
Wilbur, C. Keith Civil War medicine, 1861-1865 Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, 1995 Illustrated Living History Series.  
Wiley, Bell Irvin, 1906- The life of Billy Yank: the common soldier of the Union Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1978, c1971  
Wiley, Bell Irvin, 1906- The life of Johnny Reb: the common soldier of the Confederacy Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1978  
Willard, Sylvester David, 1825-1865 Conservative surgery, with a list of the medical and surgical force of New York in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-62. To which is added a brief notice of the hospitals at Fortress Monroe and White House, Virginia Albany: Charles Van Benthuysen, 1862  

Williams, George Forrester, 1837-1920

 Bullet and shell: war as the soldier saw it: camp, march, and picket; battlefield and bivouac; prison and hospital New York: Fords, Howard & Hulbert, 1882 First edition.
Williams, Henry W. Practical guide to the study of the diseases of the eye: their medical and surgical treatment Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1862 1st edition. Civil War era physicians would have used this book for information about diseases of the eye.
Williams, William G. Days of darkness: the Gettysburg civilians, an historical novel Shippensburg, PA.: White Mane Publishing, 1986  
Willis, James Arkansas Confederates in the western theater Dayton, OH: Morningside Press, 1998 Appendices contain a casualty list of Reynolds' Arkansas Brigade, other casualty lists, and an annotated roll for the 9th Arkansas regiment volunteer infantry.
Wilson, Joseph, 1816-1887 Naval hygiene Washington: Govt. Print. Off., 1870 First edition. Appended is the paper by Albert C. Gorgas, Moving wounded men on shipboard, describing a newly invented litter for moving the wounded.
Wilson, Joseph Thomas, 1836-1891 The black phalanx: African American soldiers in the War of Independence, the War of 1812 and the Civil War New York: Da Capo Press, 1994  
Wilson, LeGrand James, 1791-1871 The Confederate soldier Memphis: Memphis State University Press, 1973 New ed. / edited by James W. Silver; foreword by Bell I. Wiley.
Wilson, Sadye Tune