Field Hospitals - Eleventh Corps

Field Hospitals - Eleventh Corps (HMCOK)

Location: Gettysburg, PA 17325 Adams County
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Country: United States of America
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N 39° 48.066', W 77° 13.092'

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Medical Department

— Army of the Potomac —

Army of the Potomac
Medical Department
Field Hospitals
Eleventh corps

The Division Field Hospitals of the Eleventh Corps were established July 1st at the Spangler House two hundred and thirty yards west of this point. Many of the wounded of this Corps were also cared for at the County Almshouse, Pennsylvania College, and in Gettysburg. The Division Hospitals were consolidated into a Corps Hospital about July 6th as were those of all the Corps and the Corps Hospitals continued in operation until the first week of August 1863. These hospitals cared for 1400 wounded.

Medical Director 11th Corps Surgeon George Suckley U.S. Volunteers
1st Division Surgeon Louis G. Meyer 25th Ohio Infantry
2nd Division Surgeon D.G. Brinton U.S. Volunteers
3rd Division Surgeon W.H. Thome U.S. Volunteers
Medical Officer in charge of the Corps Hospitals Surgeon J.A. Armstrong 75th Penna. Infantry
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HM NumberHMCOK
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Year Placed1914
Placed ByGettysburg National Military Park Commission
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Date Added Thursday, September 4th, 2014 at 5:28am PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 310098 N 4408035
Decimal Degrees39.80110000, -77.21820000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 39° 48.066', W 77° 13.092'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds39° 48' 3.96" N, 77° 13' 5.52" W
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Area Code(s)717
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 450-598 Blacksmith Shop Rd, Gettysburg PA 17325, US
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