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Transporting the Wounded:
Few observers predicted the terrible clashes that would leave staggering numbers of wounded soldiers on Civil War battlefields. Transporting the wounded soon became a major challenge. Most regiments initially fielded a small contingent of medical personnel along with a few ambulances. As units amassed into enormous armies, medical directors consolidated ambulance services so they could be dispatched where most needed. Trains and ships transported wounded soldiers from field hospitals to centralized facilities for prolonged care. |