Cross Carving from Tree Trunk- Mt Zion Church - Richmond KY - Outside Wooden Display Carvings on Waymarking.com

Text on the Mt. Zion Church-Field Hospital historic marker:

Mt. Zion Church - Field Hospital-THE SANCTUARY BECAME A SURGERY

On the day of the battle, August 30, 1862, the temperature hovered near 100 degrees. As the battle raged, ambulances drawn by sweating horses raced into the churchyard, bringing more and more casualties to Mt. Zion Church. By afternoon, this small churchyard was filled with men who were wounded, some dying, all awaiting medical attention.

Inside the church, where the doctors struggled to keep up with the flow of wounded, it was almost unbearably hot. In the sweltering church the doctors performed operation after operation, most of them amputations. The urgency of the battlefield and the state of medical science did not allow more sophisticated care. One Indiana soldier remembered seeing amputated arms and legs thrown from the south side rear window of this building to the yard outside.

Local residents, many of them members of the congregation, brought food and drink to the doctors and wounded at the church. All day, wagons came to the church. Some left filled with wounded men who were taken to local homes where they could recuperate. Others carried the bodies of the dead at the Richmond City Cemetery for burial.

Type of wood carving: Chainsaw carving Approximate size/height: Three feet Other type: Not listed Artist's Name: Not listed Type of wood: Not listed

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