Life and Limb Perspectives on the American Civil War
The contemporary perspectives – fiction, first-hand accounts, reportage and photographs - found in the pages of this collection give a unique insight into the experiences and suffering of those affected by the American Civil War. The essays and recollections detail some of the earliest attempts by m...
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Liverpool
Liverpool University Press
19.06.2015
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| ISBN: | 1781384266, 1781382506, 9781781382509, 9781781384268 |
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Table of Contents:
- Front Matter Table of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: Early Experiences in the Field: Case 275: With the US Sanitary Commission: Evacuation from Virginia, 1862: Hospital Routine A Death in the Ward: Nurse and Spy: Front-line Nursing: ‘The Mute Look that Rolls and Moves’: Specimen Days & Collect Jonathan Letterman on the Medical Corps: The Confederate Military Prison Hospital at Andersonville, Georgia: Field Hospitals: Field Hospitals: Plea for an Ambulance Service: Hospital Broadside: Hospitals in Richmond, Virginia: Malingering: Roberts Bartholomew on Nostalgia: Medical Welfare Begins: (Dis)embodied Identities: Painful Looks: Mathew Brady’s Photographs: ‘The Invalid Corps’ (song) The Case of Napoleon Perkins The First Amputee: Testimonial Letter The Salem Leg (brochure) Testimony of Wearers (The Salem Leg: Under the Patronage of the United States Government for the Use of the Army and the Navy) The Human Wheel: ‘The Case of George Dedlow’ ‘Phantom Limbs’ Diary: The Battle of Shiloh: The Battle of Ellyson’s Mills: Aftermath of Battle, Cedar Mountain, Virginia: After the Battle of Winchester: The Negro as a Soldier Army Life in a Black Regiment ‘What I Saw of Shiloh’ ‘The Coup de Grace’ ‘A Resumed Identity’ ‘Recollections of a Private’ The Red Badge of Courage The Aftermath Contributors Select Bibliography Index Plates
- List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: Civil War Voices and Views David Seed MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MEMOIRS Early Experiences in the Field: ‘Surgical Reminiscences of the Civil War’ William Williams Keen Case 275: The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion ACCOUNTS OF NURSING With the US Sanitary Commission: On the Hospital Boat Wilson Small: The Other Side of War Katherine Prescott Wormeley Evacuation from Virginia, 1862: Hospital Transports Frederick Law Olmsted Hospital Routine Jane Woolsey A Death in the Ward: Hospital Sketches Louisa May Alcott Nurse and Spy: Nurse and Spy in the Union Army Sarah Emma Edmonds Front-line Nursing: Reminiscences of My Life in Camp Susie King Taylor ‘The Mute Look that Rolls and Moves’: Walt Whitman’s Civil War Robert Leigh Davis Specimen Days & Collect Walt Whitman MEDICAL FACILITIES AND PATHOLOGY Jonathan Letterman on the Medical Corps: Medical Recollections of the Army of the Potomac Jonathan Letterman The Confederate Military Prison Hospital at Andersonville, Georgia: Contributions Relating to the Causes and Prevention of Disease Austin Flint Field Hospitals: A Glimpse: Hardtack and Coffee John B. Billings Field Hospitals: The Need: A Manual of Military Surgery Samuel David Gross Plea for an Ambulance Service: A Brief Plea for an Ambulance System Henry Ingersoll Bowditch Hospital Broadside: North Carolina Hospital Broadside, 1863 Hospitals in Richmond, Virginia: A Diary from Dixie Mary Chestnut Malingering: ‘Surgical Reminiscences of the Civil War’ and A Rebel’s Recollections William Williams Keen and George Cary Eggleston Roberts Bartholomew on Nostalgia: Contributions Relating to the Causes and Prevention of Disease Roberts Bartholomew Medical Welfare Begins: ‘Debut and Prospectus (The Crutch) and ‘Wounded’ (poem by ‘Sanatosia’) (Dis)embodied Identities: Civil War Soldiers, Surgeons, and the Medical Memories of Combat Susan-Mary Grant PHOTOGRAPHY Painful Looks: Reading Civil War Photographs Mick Gidley Mathew Brady’s Photographs: Pictures of the Dead at Antietam (New York Times) AMPUTATIONS AND PROSTHETIC LIMBS ‘The Invalid Corps’ (song) The Case of Napoleon Perkins Dillon Jackson Carroll The First Amputee: ‘Record of Services’ James Edward Hanger Testimonial Letter Lieutenant George Warner The Salem Leg (brochure) Testimony of Wearers (The Salem Leg: Under the Patronage of the United States Government for the Use of the Army and the Navy) The Human Wheel: ‘The Human Wheel, Its Spokes and Felloes’ Oliver Wendell Holmes ‘The Case of George Dedlow’ Silas Weir Mitchell ‘Phantom Limbs’ Silas Weir Mitchell IN THE FIELD OF BATTLE Diary: October 29, 1862: The Civil War Diary and Letters of Sergeant Henry W. Tisdale Henry Tisdale The Battle of Shiloh: Aftermath: ‘The Battle of Shiloh’ from Annals of the War Willis De Hass The Battle of Ellyson’s Mills: A Confederate Surgeon’s Letters to His Wife Spencer Glasgow Welch Aftermath of Battle, Cedar Mountain, Virginia: ‘Personal Recollections of the War’ David Hunter Strother After the Battle of Winchester: A Virginia Yankee in the Civil War David Hunter Strother The Negro as a Soldier Christian Fleetwood Army Life in a Black Regiment Thomas Wentworth Higginson POST-WAR NARRATIVES ‘What I Saw of Shiloh’ Ambrose Bierce ‘The Coup de Grace’ Ambrose Bierce ‘A Resumed Identity’ Ambrose Bierce ‘Recollections of a Private’ Warren Lee Goss The Red Badge of Courage Stephen Crane The Aftermath Stephen C. Kenny Contributors Select Bibliography Index
- Index -- Plates
- Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Civil War Voices and Views -- MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MEMOIRS -- Early Experiences in the Field -- Case 275 -- ACCOUNTS OF NURSING -- With the US Sanitary Commission: On the Hospital Boat Wilson Small -- Evacuation from Virginia, 1862 -- Hospital Routine -- A Death in the Ward -- Nurse and Spy -- Front-line Nursing -- 'The Mute Look that Rolls and Moves': Walt Whitman's Civil War -- Specimen Days & -- Collect -- MEDICAL FACILITIES AND PATHOLOGY -- Jonathan Letterman on the Medical Corps -- The Confederate Military Prison Hospital at Andersonville, Georgia -- Field Hospitals: A Glimpse -- Field Hospitals: The Need -- Plea for an Ambulance Service -- Hospital Broadside -- Hospitals in Richmond, Virginia -- Malingering -- Roberts Bartholomew on Nostalgia -- Medical Welfare Begins -- (Dis)embodied Identities: Civil War Soldiers, Surgeons, and the Medical Memories of Combat -- PHOTOGRAPHY -- Painful Looks: Reading Civil War Photographs -- Mathew Brady's Photographs: Pictures of the Dead at Antietam -- AMPUTATIONS AND PROSTHETIC LIMBS -- 'The Invalid Corps' (song) -- The Case of Napoleon Perkins -- The First Amputee -- Testimonial Letter -- The Salem Leg (brochure) -- Testimony of Wearers -- The Human Wheel -- The Case of George Dedlow -- Phantom Limbs -- IN THE FIELD OF BATTLE -- Diary: October 29, 1862 -- The Battle of Shiloh: Aftermath -- The Battle of Ellyson's Mills -- Aftermath of Battle, Cedar Mountain, Virginia -- After the Battle of Winchester -- Christian Fleetwood, The Negro as a Soldier -- Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Army Life in a Black Regiment -- POST-WAR NARRATIVES -- 'What I Saw of Shiloh' -- 'The Coup de Grace' -- 'A Resumed Identity' -- 'Recollections of a Private' -- The Red Badge of Courage -- The Aftermath -- Contributors -- Select Bibliography