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Excerpt from Unofficial Proceedings in Connection With the Thirty-Eighth National Encampment: Grand Army of the Republic, Held in Boston, Week August 15-20, 1904 HE Souvenir of the Encampment held in Boston in 1890 was dedicated to Charles Devens, Past Commander - in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, who died Jan. 7, 1891. This eminent soldier and jurist was born in Charlestown, Mass., April 4, 1820. He served with distinction during the war of the Rebellion, rising in rank from Major of the Third Battalion of Rifles, in April, 1861, to Brevet major-general in April, 1865. He was twice chosen commander-in-chief of the Grand Army, Viz., in 1873 and in 1874. Since his administration the office of commander-in-chief has been filled by three other comrades of the Department of Massa chusetts, all of Whom have passed on to the eternal camping ground; and to them, George S. Merrill, John G. B. Adams and Wilmon W. Blackmar, this volume is dedicated. Under the appropriate caption will be found tributes to their memory, that to Comrade Merrill writ ten by Comrade William M. Olin, whoiwas his adjutant-general; that to Comrade Adams by Comrade Alfred S. Roe, at present Senior vice-commander of this Department; and that to Comrade Blackmar by his adjutant-general, Comrade John E. Gilman. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

A Place of Rest for Our Gallant Boys is the story of both Civil War horrors and hope - of Army surgeons and civilians risking their own lives to save others. It is the story of heroes and heroines who worked tirelessly in the wards of a military hospital to heal sick and broken soldiers' bodies. Gallipolis, Ohio, was uniquely situated to become a hospital site. Its proximity to early Civil War battles in western Virginia and location on the Ohio River made it an ideal place to receive patients arriving via steamboat from remote battlefields and field hospitals. The people who cared for the ailing warriors came from all quarters: a young teacher who switched to nursing when hospital cots filled her classroom; a New England surgeon who survived Confederate capture and a bloody Southern battle to take charge of the Army hospital; a hospital steward who nursed his regimental comrade back from the brink of death, and how together they ended up treating casualties in Gallipolis.