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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... enemy is posted . We expected a fight all day but night came on and we were still on the ground . Long columns of troops were moving about 10 o'clock . It is reported that Gen. [ Joseph Eggleston ] Johnson [ sic ; Johnston ] sent 5,000 ...
... enemy will be underrated . We should have confidence in our arms it is true , but we should prepare for the worst — as we know not what odds we may have to run against . Our force now is reported to be 8,000 and that of the enemy ...
... enemy futile . But several and perhaps the major part of the Army believe that we will have a go at them yet . As I am attached to the medical department several think that I am not in much danger of becoming a victim to the guns of the ...
... enemy is about 15000 , with two pieces of artillery . A young lady left Martinsburg yesterday and came to " Head Quarters " . She gave an account of movements at Martinsburg . [ SATURDAY ] JULY 6TH 8 We are still on the same ground . I ...
... enemy prove victorious we may expect to feel the galling yoke of merciless tyranny . May the God of Heaven avert it ! We soldiers are seeing a hard time . Our ... enemy to Southern Rights — the enemy 104 REPAIRING THE " MARCH OF MARS "
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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