Medical Histories of Confederate Generals

Medical Histories of Confederate Generals

Author: Jack D. Welsh

Publisher: Kent State University Press

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 9780873386494

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This is a compilation of the medical histories of 425 Confederate generals. It does not analyze the effects of an individual's medical problems on a battle or the war, but provides information about factors that may have contributed to the wound, injury, or illness, and the outcome.


Medical Histories of Union Generals

Medical Histories of Union Generals

Author: Jack D. Welsh

Publisher: Kent State University Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 454

ISBN-13: 9780873388535

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During the Civil War, the majority of the 583 Union generals studied here were afflicted by disease, injured by accidents, or suffered wounds. This book includes a glossary of medical terms as well as a sequence of medical events during the Civil War listing wounds, accidents, and deaths.


Doctors In Gray: The Confederate Medical Service

Doctors In Gray: The Confederate Medical Service

Author: Horace Herndon Cunningham

Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing

Published: 2015-11-06

Total Pages: 491

ISBN-13: 1786251213

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“H. H. Cunningham’s Doctors in Gray, first published more than thirty years ago, remains the definitive work on the medical history of the Confederate army. Drawing on a prodigious array of sources, Cunningham paints as complete a picture as possible of the daunting task facing those charged with caring for the war’s wounded and sick. Of the estimated 600,000 Confederate troops, Cunningham claims the 200,000 died either from battle wounds of from illness—the majority, surprisingly, from illness. Despite these grim statistics, Confederate medical personnel frequently performed heroically under the most primitive of circumstances and made imaginative use of limited resources. Cunningham provides detailed information on the administration of the Confederate Medical Department, the establishment and organization of Confederate hospitals, the experiences of medical officers in the field, the manufacture and procurement of supplies, the causes and treatment of diseases, and the beginning of modern surgical practices.” - Print ed.


The Encyclopedia of Civil War Medicine

The Encyclopedia of Civil War Medicine

Author: Glenna R Schroeder-Lein

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-01-28

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13: 1317457102

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The American Civil War is the most read about era in our history, and among its most compelling aspects is the story of Civil War medicine - the staggering challenge of treating wounds and disease on both sides of the conflict. Written for general readers and scholars alike, this first-of-its kind encyclopedia will help all Civil War enthusiasts to better understand this amazing medical saga. Clearly organized, authoritative, and readable, "The Encyclopedia of Civil War Medicine" covers both traditional historical subjects and medical details. It offers clear explanations of unfamiliar medical terms, diseases, wounds, and treatments. The encyclopedia depicts notable medical personalities, generals with notorious wounds, soldiers' aid societies, medical department structure, and hospital design and function. It highlights the battles with the greatest medical significance, women's medical roles, period sanitation issues, and much more. Presented in A-Z format with more than 200 entries, the encyclopedia treats both Union and Confederate material in a balanced way. Its many user-friendly features include a chronology, a glossary, cross-references, and a bibliography for further study.


Gangrene and Glory

Gangrene and Glory

Author: Frank R. Freemon

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9780252070105

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Dealing with the civil war, this title takes a close look at the battlefield doctors in whose hands rested the lives of thousands of Union and Confederate soldiers. It also examines the impact on major campaigns - Manassas, Gettysburg, Vicksburg, Shiloh, Atlanta - of ignorance, understaffing, inexperience, and overcrowded hospitals.


Matchless Organization

Matchless Organization

Author: Guy R. Hasegawa

Publisher: SIU Press

Published: 2021-06-23

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 0809338297

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"'Matchless Organization' describes the operations of the Confederate Army's Medical Department as managed by its successive surgeons general, especially Samuel Preston Moore"--


Doctors in Blue

Doctors in Blue

Author: George Worthington Adams

Publisher:

Published: 1985

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13:

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Similar in scope to H. H. Cunningham's Doctors in Gray, George Worthington Adams' Doctors in Blue, originally published more than forty years ago and now available for the first time in paperback, remains the definitive work on the medical history of the Union army. Adams calculates that 300,000 Union soldiers lost their lives during the war. Confederate attacks account for only a third of these deaths, disease for the rest. In addition, there were a startling 400,000 wounded or injured and almost 6,000,000 cases of illness.


Civil War Medicine

Civil War Medicine

Author: Robert D. Hicks

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2019-05-01

Total Pages: 410

ISBN-13: 0253040086

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In this never before published diary, 29-year-old surgeon James Fulton transports readers into the harsh and deadly conditions of the Civil War as he struggles to save the lives of the patients under his care. Fulton joined a Union army volunteer regiment in 1862, only a year into the Civil War, and immediately began chronicling his experiences in a pocket diary. Despite his capture by the Confederate Army at Gettysburg and the confiscation of his medical tools, Fulton was able to keep his diary with him at all times. He provides a detailed account of the next two years, including his experiences treating the wounded and diseased during some of the most critical campaigns of the Civil War and his relationships with soldiers, their commanders, civilians, other health-care workers, and the opposing Confederate army. The diary also includes his notes on recipes for medical ailments from sore throats to syphilis. In addition to Fulton's diary, editor Robert D. Hicks and experts in Civil War medicine provide context and additional information on the practice and development of medicine during the Civil War, including the technology and methods available at the time, the organization of military medicine, doctor-patient interactions, and the role of women as caregivers and relief workers. Civil War Medicine: A Surgeon's Diary provides a compelling new account of the lives of soldiers during the Civil War and a doctor's experience of one of the worst health crises ever faced by the United States.


Provisional Record of Confederate Medical Officers

Provisional Record of Confederate Medical Officers

Author: Confederate Veterans Committee Medical Society Of North Carolina

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2012-07-13

Total Pages: 60

ISBN-13: 9781478234388

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Published in 1890, this is a list of Confederate medical officers of North Carolina and the units in which they served.