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DESCRIPTION:\nFrank Gryzb will discuss his new released book\, Rhode I
 sland&rsquo\;s Civil War Hospital: Life and Death at Portsmouth Grove\, 
 1862-1865\, at the Historical Society&rsquo\;s Annual Meeting. During th
 e Civil War\, thousands of wounded Union soldiers and Confederate prison
 ers convalesced in a general army hospital in rural Portsmouth Grove\, R
 hode Island. Because of its location on the periphery of the action\, Po
 rtsmouth Grove Hospital has remained a footnote to the dramatic sweep of
  Civil War history. However\, its story and the stories of the doctors\,
  nurses\, patients and guards that gave it life provide a new perspectiv
 e on the interaction between the army and society in wartime and on life
  in Civil War America. This exhaustively researched and fascinating read
  explores the barbarities of medicine\, daily routine in a general army 
 hospital\, the role of citizens in providing aid\, the later adventures 
 of former patients and staff\, and the final resting places of those who
  died on the grounds.\nThe book will be available for purchasing and aut
 ographing following the lecture\nThe event is free and open to the publi
 c. Light refreshments will be served following the lecture.
URL:http://portsmouth.patch.com/events/rhode-islands-civil-war-hospital-l
 ife-and-death-at-portsmouth-grove-1862-1865
SUMMARY:Rhode Island’s Civil War Hospital: Life and Death at Portsmouth
  Grove\, 1862 - 1865
LOCATION:Portsmouth Historical Society: 870 E Main Rd\, Portsmouth\, RI
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