Camp Letterman
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Camp Letterman was an American Civil War military hospital, which was erected near the Gettysburg Battlefield to treat more than 14,000 Union and 6,800 Confederate wounded of the Battle of Gettysburg at the beginning of July, 1863.[1][2]
Quick Facts Camp Letterman eponym: Dr Jonathan Letterman, Type ...
Camp Letterman eponym: Dr Jonathan Letterman | |
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Part of Army Medical Service | |
George Wolf farm east of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, near the York Pike | |
Type | Union Army field hospital |
Site history | |
Built | 1863 |
In use | 1863 |
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- Not the Letterman Army Hospital of the Presidio of San Francisco