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Ending the War: James Tanner and his Cherished Memories of the Awful Night
James Tanner had never seen Tenth Street so full of people. The crowd packed the street in front of his second-floor apartment. Tanner sat on his porch, looking down into the mass of people. Dignitaries and generals came and went, … Continue reading
My Favorite Historical Person: James Hanger
Emerging Civil War welcomes back guest author Kristen M. Trout As a Civil War historian, the toughest and most challenging question of all is “who is your favorite historical person?” From Union war heroes to gallant Rebel commanders to the … Continue reading
Posted in Common Soldier, Medical, Personalities, Reconstruction
Tagged 16th ohio infantry, 23rd Virginia, amputation, augusta county, battle of philippi, civil war amputee, favorite17, Hanger Inc, James E. Hanger, James Hanger, patent, prosthetics, staunton, surgeon, Virginia, Washington College
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Hood Remembered: Meg Groeling
It is not two years since the sight of a person who had lost one of his lower limbs was an infrequent occurrence. Now, Alas! there are few of us who have not a cripple among our friends if not … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership--Confederate, Memory, Personalities
Tagged aftermath of battle, amputations, Battle of Gettysburg, civil war dearhs, Confederate army, Confederate veterans, disabled Civil War veterans, emergency amputations, General Hood, Gettysburg, Hood, Hood-Remembered, Jefferson Davis, John Bell Hood, medicine, Memory, Oliver Wendell Holmes, prosthetics, Sally Preston, Union veterans, veterans' benefits Civil War, wounded warriors
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