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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... [ to ] discuss them . The firing grew desperate — Dr . [ Harvey ] B [ lack ] was ordered forward to establish a [ field ] Hospital [ at Wilderness Township of Orange Co. ] and send the ambulances on the field . When we reached Introduction.
... ordered young boys into doomed situations ; he did so because such repair was appointed for him by a predestinated mission or call or selection . Dr. B required no less of his steward Apperson , whom he marked for elected and dutiful ...
... ordered the charge up Cemetery Hill , when General Ulysses S Grant ordered the march through the Wilderness thicket , they produced not only thousands of deaths in a few hours , but also thousands of wounded men to be treated by ...
... ordered a few days ago to leave the state which he failed to do and made his appearance to - day at court , as though he bade defiance [ to ] committees and laws of committees . He was warned of the intention of arresting him and he ...
... ordered in the direction of Martinsburg Va . , where it is said a large force of the 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 ...
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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 |