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[Trivia Master]

What is the full name of the most commonly used Union device for transporting wounded by hand?

credit: @JOHN42768

 

[hughes]

two-person seat carry

Edit - Response revised in subsequent post.

hoosier

 

[Brenal]

The Halstead Litter
The authors of the Medical and Surgical History illustrate the success of this model by sheer numbers: "out of the litters (16,807) issued by the New York Purveying Depot twelve thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven (12,867) were of this pattern." Almost all photographs depicting stretchers in sure during the war are of the Halstead variety.

Stretchers Used By the Union Army in the Civil War

In this post, we explore some of the most prominent stretcher models that were widely used or the most creative in their approach during the Civil War

www.civilwarmed.org

 

[Sheltowee]

Question- What is the full name of the most commonly used Union device for transporting wounded by hand?

Answer- Stokes stretcher

Source- Wikipedia

Edit - According to what I can find, the Stokes stretcher was designed by Adm. Charles F. Stokes, who was born in 1863. That rules out the possibility that it could have been used during the Civil War.

hoosier

 

[bayouace]

By far, the Halstead Litter was the workhorse of Civil War hand transportation of Union wounded, with 12,867 being produced. Initially the Satterlee litter was available and continued to be used, but it was an inferior design. The Tompkins and USSC litters also appeared, but the Halstead was the standard.

 

[gentlemanrob]

Answer: Coolidge Stretcher

Edit - The Coolidge stretcher was used during the Civil War, but does not appear to have been the most commonly used.

hoosier

 

[WJC]

What is the full name of the most commonly used Union device for transporting wounded by hand?

credit: @JOHN42768

Halstead's Litter (aka the Hallstead Litter).
"The authors of the Medical and Surgical History illustrate the success of this model by sheer numbers: "out of the litters (16,807) issued by the New York Purveying Depot twelve thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven (12,867) were of this pattern." Almost all photographs depicting stretchers in sure [use?] during the war are of the Halstead variety."

Source: Kyle Dalton, "Stretchers Used by the Union Army in the Civil War", National Museum of Civil War Medicine. https://www.civilwarmed.org/stretch...ed and,decades after the end of the Civil War.

 

[connecticut yankee]

Coolidge stretchers/beds were unique medical transport devices because they could be used either as litters or as hospital beds. The adjustable back and leg rests allowed the patient's head and legs to be elevated when desired.

It was created by the Medical Inspector of the United States Army, a surgeon named R.H. Coolidge for use with a two-wheeled ambulance he designed.

Edit - See edit to post # 6.

hoosier

 

[streetwiseprof]

There were two main stretcher litters used by the US in the Civil War: the Satterlee Regulation Hand Litter and the Halstead Litter. The Halstead was apparently the most widely used, but the Satterlee remained in service throughout the war. Reports on The Extent and Nature of the Materials Available for the Preparation of a Medical and Surgical History of the Rebellion states that the Halstead superseded the Satterlee due to the latter's bulk.

 

[sarladaise]

The Halstead Stretcher aka the Halstead Litter

https://www.civilwartalk.com/threads/the-halstead-stretcher.173822/

 

[kholland]

Even though the Satterlee stretcher was standard at the start of the war the Halstead became the most successful during the war and for decades later.

Stretchers Used By the Union Army in the Civil War

In this post, we explore some of the most prominent stretcher models that were widely used or the most creative in their approach during the Civil War

www.civilwarmed.org

 

[DBF]

If you are strictly talking about removing wounded by hand my first source described how soldiers would put sticks or muskets through the sleeves of their coats, and clasp hands to form a seat and carry the wounded away. One soldier even stated: "I was fortunate enough to find two ash saplings which, with a blanket stretched across, made an improvised litter, on which my patient was borne by relays of men with comparative ease and comfort." But since you asked for the device for transporting wounded by hand I assume you are speaking about stretchers and it appears there were several different stretchers used beginning with the Satterlee Stretcher (named after Union Brigadier General R. S. Satterlee; there was the "Tompkins Stretcher" designed by Union Brevet Brigadier General Charles Henry Tompkins (1830-1915)
https://civilwarhome.com/woundedtransportation.html
https://civilwartalk.com/threads/the-satterlee-stretcher.163893/#post-213759
https://civilwartalk.com/threads/the-tompkins-stretcher.163809/

But according to this thread the "real workhorse of medical evacuation" was the Halstead Stretcher and the author of the thread is unable to identify exactly to whom gets the credit.
https://civilwartalk.com/threads/the-halstead-stretcher.173822/

 

[JOHN42768]

Credit for an easy one

Edit - Some of us didn't think it was that easy.

hoosier

 

[ErnieMac]

Halstead Stretcher.

The Halstead Stretcher | Medical Care

Here at the National Museum of Civil War Medicine, I specialize in studying combat medical evacuation. In previous posts, I've examined odd and rarely used stretchers like the Tompkins and Sanitary Commission models, as well as the pre-war standard issue Satterlee. Today I'll be looking at the...

civilwartalk.com

 

[Ole Miss]

The Halstead Stretcher
Regards
David

 

[Pollaco]

The Halstead Stretcher.

 

[hoosier]

Regulation hand-litter

 

[lelliott19]

On a blanket.

 

[hughes]

CORRECTION; Halstead litter

 

[JFW22]

The Satterlee stretcher
It was designed by Surgeon Richard S. Satterlee, a career military medical professional who had served for decades in the US Army and saw service in Mexico.

Reference:

Stretchers Used By the Union Army in the Civil War

In this post, we explore some of the most prominent stretcher models that were widely used or the most creative in their approach during the Civil War

www.civilwarmed.org