Camp Letterman
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| Camp Letterman eponym: Dr Jonathan Letterman | |
|---|---|
| Part of Army Medical Service | |
| George Wolf farm east of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, near the York Pike | |
| Type | military hospital (encampment) |
| Site information | |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1863 |
| In use | 1863 |
Camp Letterman was an American Civil War military hospital near the Gettysburg Battlefield to treat more than 14,000 Union and 6,800 Confederate wounded of the Battle of Gettysburg.[1]
References
- ↑ Musto, R. J. "The Treatment of the Wounded at Gettysburg: Jonathan Letterman: The Father of Modern Battlefield Medicine". Gettysburg Magazine (37): 125.
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