Tag Archives: Samuel R. Welles

The Four Percent

Two from Seneca County, New York newspapers in August 1862: In all the Government hospitals in the United States there are now 28,000 patients, or about four per cent. of the soldiers who have been mustered into the United States … Continue reading

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A Stickin’ Surgeon?

From A Seneca Falls, New York newspaper in July, 1862: Dr S.R. Wells a Prisoner Intelligence has been received at Waterloo, from Washington, stating that Dr. SAMUEL R. WELLES, of that place, is a prisoner in the Confederate ranks. The … Continue reading

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Would-be Chaplain Praises Acting Surgeon

The following article in a Seneca Falls, New York newspaper from June 1862 came immediately after the story of the lingering death of Charles Mensch, so I guess the editors were developing a medical theme. A Merited Compliment The Chaplain … Continue reading

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