A surgeon in the Army of the Potomac / Francis M. Wafer ; edited by Cheryl A. Wells.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wafer, Francis M., 1830-1876.

Contributor:

Wells, Cheryl A., 1972-

Series:

McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services studies in the history of medicine, health, and society ; 32.

McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services studies in the history of medicine, health, and society ; 32

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wafer, Francis M., 1830-1876.

Wafer, Francis M.

United States. Army--Surgeons--Biography.

United States.

Physicians--Canada--Biography.

Physicians.

Surgeons--Canada--Biography.

Surgeons.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Canadian.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical care.

Physical Description:

xliv, 225 p. : ill., map, ports.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Cheryl Wells provides an edited and fully annotated collection of Wafer's diary entries during the war, his letters home, and the memoirs he wrote after returning to Canada. Wafer's writings are a fascinating and deeply personal account of the actions, duties, feelings, and perceptions of a noncombatant who experienced the thick of battle and its grave consequences.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Civil War Timeline

Introduction

Joining the Army of the Potomac

The Spring Campaigns of 1863

The Gettysburg Campaign

After Gettysburg: 1863

Campaigns of 1864

Letters from Petersburg and Hatcher’s Run

Epilogue

Appendix

Dramatis Personae

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612865664

9780773577282

0773577289

9781282865662

1282865668

9780773575110

0773575111

OCLC:

549300327