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  • #1

    ambulances and transport carts

    According to General Order No 147, regiments were allowed 1 transport cart and 3 ambulances. Can anybody tell me the difference?

    Here is a link to McClellan's 1862 order- http://www.civilwarhome.com/ambulanceor.htm
    John Calvin "J.C." Kimmer
    "Christianity has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult and left untried." -G.K. Chesterton
    Tags: ambulance, hospital, medical, surgeon, transport
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    Re: ambulances and transport carts

    I think I just found my answer. According to the source below, a transport cart is a two-wheeled ambulance. I guess that means that the ambulances that were drawn by two or four horses had four wheels? So the difference is the number of wheels?

    Unfurl Those Colors!
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    John Calvin "J.C." Kimmer
    "Christianity has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult and left untried." -G.K. Chesterton

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      Re: ambulances and transport carts

      The Coolidge and Finley ambulances had two wheels, while the Tripler, Wheeling, Rucker, etc. had four. That ought to give you some names to google. :) In general, though, the two-wheeled ambulances were called ambulances too, though maybe if there was a need to distinguish them they could be called carts.

      Hank Trent
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