Citation

Breeden JO. Mil. Med. 1993; 158(11): 689-692.

Affiliation

Department of History, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275-0176.

Comment In:

Mil Med 1994;159(5):A3.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, Association of Military Surgeons of the United States)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8284050

Abstract

Civil war prisoners of war fared badly. But there was one extraordinary wartime development that promoted the humane treatment of captive enemy soldiers. Beginning in June 1862, Union and Confederate authorities regarded medical officers as non-combatants. Largely attributable to the initiative of Hunter Holmes McGuire, Stonewall Jackson's medical director, this principle, set down at Winchester, Virginia, eased the horrors of the Civil War battlefield by allowing medical personnel to continue their lifesaving work unmolested.

Language: en