Rentiesville in McIntosh County, Oklahoma — The American South (West South Central)

Treating the Wounded

Honey Springs Battlefield

— Interpretive Trail Five · Last Engagement —

Treating the Wounded Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, March 20, 2024

1. Treating the Wounded Marker

Inscription. The medical and surgical materials available in the field were generally limited to what the surgeon carried in his case, known as the surgeon's field companion. The regimental hospital steward carried a hospital knapsack--a bulky, cumbersome affair weighing about 20 pounds. These kits held crude implements and pills and liquid medicines including opium-based laudanum, mercury, arsenic, and alcohol. Field surgeons operated with varying degrees of skill, often without anesthesia. The state of medicine during the war was such that the treating of the wounded became a great laboratory experiment. Great strides were made in medicine based on what the doctors learned on the battlefield.

The casualties of my command are as follows: Private Huston Mayfield, Company F, drowned in the Arkansas; Private Key Dougherty, Company F, drowned in the Arkansas; Private Tocah-le-ges-kie, Company F, drowned in the Arkansas; Private Grass, Company B, wounded in left side, severely; Private Backwater, Company A, right thigh broken, wound mortal; Private Leach Rice, Company I, right hand wounded slightly.
Lt. Col. Fred Schuarte,
2nd

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I was wounded at the Battle of Elk Creek, Indian Territory, slight wound to the head. William Huddleston was killed at my left at the time I was wounded, 365 of us went into battle and only 105 came out.
Pvt. James Johnson, Company C,
20th Texas Cavalry, CSA

Erected 2019 by Friends of Honey Springs Battlefield.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Science & Medicine • War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Honey Springs Battlefield series list.

Location. 35° 32.315′ N, 95° 28.848′ W. Marker is in Rentiesville, Oklahoma, in McIntosh County. It can be reached from Honey Springs Battlefield Road 0.2 miles north of East 1020 Road, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Rentiesville OK 74459, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Oklahoma’s Muscogee Nation

and specifically in the Cherokee Nation.

It is also in the American South,

specifically on the prairies,

and on the Southern Plains.

Globally, it is

Photographed by Mark Hilton, March 20, 2024

2. Treating the Wounded Marker

in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Burying the Dead (within shouting distance of this marker); 1st Choctaw & Chickasaw Mounted Rifles (within shouting distance of this marker); The Armies Rest and Recuperate (within shouting distance of this marker); William Frederick McIntosh (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Private Cemetery (about 300 feet away); The Final Engagement (about 300 feet away); The Confederate Headquarters and Reserve Units (approx. 0.6 miles away); Battlefield Archaeology (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Rentiesville.

Credits. This page was last revised on March 22, 2024. It was originally submitted on March 22, 2024, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 196 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 22, 2024, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.