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Field Hospitals - Fifth Corps
Mount Joy Township, Pennsylvania
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The Division Field Hospitals of the Fifth Corps were established on July 2nd at the Weikert House and other houses near Little Round Top and along the Taneytown Road. During the night they were removed across Rock Creek and located as follows: the 1st Division south of White Run on the Fiscel Farm, the 2nd Division 100 rods south of White Run near the Clapsaddle House, and the 3rd Division one half mile west of Two Taverns and near the Pike. These hospitals cared for 1400 wounded and remained in operation until August 2nd 1863. The Medical Director of the 5th Corps was Surgeon John J. Milhau, U.S. Army; the 1st Division surgeon was Edward Shippen, U.S. Volunteers; the 2nd Division assistant surgeon was Clinton Wagner, U.S. Army; the 3rd Division surgeon was Louis W. Read, U.S. Volunteers; and the medical officer in charge of the corps hospitals was Surgeon A.M. Clark, U.S. Volunteers.
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