Repairing the "March of Mars": The Civil War Diaries of John Samuel Apperson, Hospital Steward in the Stonewall Brigade, 1861-1865Mercer University Press, 2001 - 654 σελίδες There are many collections of letters and Civil War memoirs available today, but very few offer in-depth information about the medical treatment of wounded soldiers. In Repairing the "March of Mars": The Civil War Diaries of John Samuel Apperson, Hospital Steward in the Stonewall Brigade, 1861-1865, editor John Herbert Roper provides an important supplement to this understudied aspect of the Civil War. John Samuel Apperson was born in 1837 to a family of small freeholders who owned no slaves. Thus, when the war broke out in 1861, Apperson's choice to fight for the Confederacy reflected his loyalty to Virginia rather than his desire to protect and defend the slave system. Apperson enlisted in Company D of the First Virginia Brigade, and was initially assigned to the marching regiment. However, when it was discovered that in the two years prior to the war he had studied and apprenticed to a physician, Apperson was transferred to the field hospital unit. His experiences there form the substance of the diary here published for the first time. Apperson's diary is a sensitive and painstaking observation of the details of medical treatment during and after battle. For all periods of the war, his detailed personal records supplement and correct official army hospital records, and for certain periods, his diary provides the only medical information available. For example, Apperson was present at the amputation of Stonewall Jackson's arm, and his diary shows that Jackson died of postoperative pneumonia, and not of a botched surgery. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the American Civil War and in the history of medicine. |
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... Miss . I wrote to him some time ago asking him if he was willing to let me have some money to go to the Medical Lectures next fall . His answer is as much as I could wish — He says if he can get the money he will let me have it — at any ...
... Miss Kate F. [ Dr. F's wife and daughter ] staid [ sic ] a few hours in my room to - night . Nine o'clock , writing — will close in a minute or two and retire . Raining rapidly . Monday Feby . 4TH , '61 This has been an exciting day to ...
... Miss C.C.— a sort of burlesque on some of our opinionated ways . By the way a pretty good thing . He said it was original but I am not sure of that . He gave it to me to mail— I shall do it . I can't say that I am much in favour of what ...
... Miss Maggie . Prior to this time the def . [ defendant ] in the case came [ . ] We talked the matter of our case over and agreed to postpone until next Saturday when Dr. F. will be present himself . The plea brought up by the defendant ...
... Miss M. F. Sanders to - day from church . She is a good girl — I like her very much . She is lively as a bird and mischevious as possible . She and A. T. Sanders took dinner with me to - day . Also Barbran & Brunot― two frenchman [ sic ] ...
Περιεχόμενα
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8 October 186215 April 1865 The Sad Blighting March of Mars From Sharpsburg to Appomattox Court House | 247 |
Epilogue | 619 |
Index | 627 |
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Repairing the "March of Mars": The Civil War Diaries of John Samuel Apperson ... John Samuel Apperson Προβολή αποσπασμάτων - 2001 |