Breeden J O
Department of History, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275-0176.
Mil Med. 1993 Nov;158(11):689-92.
Civil war prisoners of war fared badly. But there was one extraordinary wartime development that promoted the humane treatment of captive enemy soldiers. Beginning in June 1862, Union and Confederate authorities regarded medical officers as non-combatants. Largely attributable to the initiative of Hunter Holmes McGuire, Stonewall Jackson's medical director, this principle, set down at Winchester, Virginia, eased the horrors of the Civil War battlefield by allowing medical personnel to continue their lifesaving work unmolested.
内战战俘的境遇很糟糕。但在战时出现了一个非凡的进展，那就是促进了对战俘的人道待遇。从1862年6月开始，联邦和邦联当局将军医视为非战斗人员。这一原则在弗吉尼亚州温彻斯特确立，很大程度上归功于石墙·杰克逊的军医主任亨特·霍姆斯·麦圭尔的倡议，它使医务人员能够不受干扰地继续他们的救生工作，从而减轻了内战战场的恐怖。
