Excerpt from The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (Gettysburg,
National Historical Society, c1971-72) Series I, Vol. 24, Part I, Page 604

Report of Brig. Gen. Alvin P. Hovey, U.S. Army, Commanding 12 Division;
including operations since April 14, 1863 (Battle of Port Gibson, Mississippi)

"To Surg. Robert B. Jessup, medical director, and the medical
corps who co-operated with him, the command is under great obligations for their services under very trying difficulties which surrounded them. The sick and wounded have been thoroughly cared for, although no ambulance or medical wagon accompanied my division. The surgeons carried all their medical stores on foot, and not only performed their whole duty by attending to the noble men who were wounded in my command, but like the good Samaritan of other days, gave balm and bound up the wounds of suffering rebels by the wayside."