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“He Stood the Operation Like A Soldier:” Lucius Davis
When we think of the Civil War, we need to look beyond just a few individual days. We need to look beyond Manassas, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Vicksburg, or even Appomattox. Often, we need even to look beyond 1865. The war changed … Continue reading
Posted in Common Soldier, Medical, Memory
Tagged 76th New York, amputation, Battle of Gettysburg, Lucius Davis, veterans
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ECW on C-SPAN 3: Paige Gibbons Backus
ECW returns to C-SPAN 3’s “American History TV” this weekend. The Paige Gibbons Backus’s talk from our 2020 virtual symposium, “A Fight for Life or Death: The Carnage Found in the Medical Field During the Civil War,” debuts on Saturday … Continue reading
Who Tended to the Dying Arthur MacArthur?
ECW welcomes guest author Charlie Knight In his last few moments of life, Lt. Gen. Arthur MacArthur recounted the Atlanta Campaign in front of dozens of veterans of his former regiment, the 24th Wisconsin Infantry. Just as he began to … Continue reading
Bucklin’s Hospital & Camp: (Part 19, Conclusion)
In Hospital and Camp, A Woman’s Record of Thrilling Incidents Among the Wounded in the Late War by Sophronia E. Bucklin It’s Week 19 and the concluding post of our read-along with extra historical notes and images. If you want to … Continue reading
Posted in Civilian, Medical, Primary Sources
Tagged Bucklin's Record, civil war nurse, medical care, Sophronia E. Bucklin
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Bucklin’s Hospital & Camp: “Everywhere there was joy that the war was over” (Part 18)
In Hospital and Camp, A Woman’s Record of Thrilling Incidents Among the Wounded in the Late War by Sophronia E. Bucklin It’s Week 18 of our read-along with extra historical notes and images. If you want to catch up on the … Continue reading
Bucklin’s Hospital & Camp: “Our hospital cares and labors made fast friends of many of us” (Part 17)
In Hospital and Camp, A Woman’s Record of Thrilling Incidents Among the Wounded in the Late War by Sophronia E. Bucklin It’s Week 17 of our read-along with extra historical notes and images. If you want to catch up on the … Continue reading
Bucklin’s Hospital & Camp: “Many of whom had just been liberated from bondage” (Part 16)
In Hospital and Camp, A Woman’s Record of Thrilling Incidents Among the Wounded in the Late War by Sophronia E. Bucklin It’s Week 16 of our read-along with extra historical notes and images. If you want to catch up on the … Continue reading
Bucklin’s Hospital & Camp: “The Familiar Sound of Cannonading” (Part 15)
In Hospital and Camp, A Woman’s Record of Thrilling Incidents Among the Wounded in the Late War by Sophronia E. Bucklin It’s Week 15 of our read-along with extra historical notes and images. If you want to catch up on the … Continue reading
