Civil War Hospital Newspapers: Histories and Excerpts of Nine Union Publications

by Ira Spar and M.D. Spar, Ira

Nine of the 192 Union military hospitals during the Civil War circulated newspapers edited and printed by convalescents. The horrors of wound infection and amputation were reported in the words of surgeons, nurses and patients. Sermons cautioned against drink, tobacco and profanity while stressing patriotic sacrifice. Those who experienced the war wrote about it in simple narratives, and these are extensively quoted.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476665605
• ISBN13: 9781476665603
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.8" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher