Marrow of Tragedy

by Margaret Humphreys

Book Overview

Soldiers lay wounded or sick as both sides struggled to get them fit to return to battle.

Winner, George Rosen Prize, American Association for the History of Medicine

The Civil War was the greatest health disaster the United States has ever experienced, killing more than a million Americans and leaving many others invalided or grieving. Poorly prepared to care for wounded and sick soldiers as the war began, Union and Confederate...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421422778
• ISBN13: 9781421422770
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 8.9"