A Surgeon's Civil War: The Letters and Diary of Daniel M. Holt, M.D. - Hardcover

Holt, Daniel M., M.D.; Greiner, James M.; Coryell, Janet L.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0873384946 ISBN 13: 9780873384940

Verlag: Kent State University Press, 1994

Inhaltsangabe

Daniel M. Holt, a successful country doctor in the upstate village of Newport, New York, accepted the position of assistant surgeon in the 121st New York Volunteers in August 1862. At age 42 when he was commissioned, he was the oldest member of the staff. But his experience served him well, as his regiment participated in nearly all the major campaigns in the eastern theater of the war - Crampton's Gap before Antietam, Fredericksburg, Salem Church, the Mine Run campaign, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, the 1864 Shenandoah Valley campaign, and Appomattox.
In A Surgeon's Civil War, the educated and articulate Holt describes camp life, army politics, and the medical difficulties that he and his colleagues experienced. His reminiscences and letters provide an insider's look at medicine as practiced on the battlefield and offer occasional glimpses of the efficacy of Surgeon General William A. Hammond's reforms as they affected Holt's regiment. He also comments on other subject, including slavery and national events. Holt served until October 17, 1864, when ill health forced him to resign.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Kent State University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1994
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0873384946
• ISBN 13: 9780873384940
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 336
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