Civil War Hospital Newspapers : Histories and Excerpts of Nine Union Publications

Spar, Ira

McFarland & Co Inc（2017/07発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 252 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781476665603
• DDC分類 973.776

Full Description

Nine of the 192 Union military hospitals during the Civil War circulated newspapers edited and printed by convalescents. The horrors of wound infection and amputation were reported in the words of surgeons, nurses and patients. Sermons cautioned against drink, tobacco and profanity while stressing patriotic sacrifice. Those who experienced the war wrote about it in simple narratives, and these are extensively quoted.

Convalescent life was painful and terrifying. Bedridden for months with fever and festering wounds, disabled veterans wondered who would respond to their needs. Who would hire them? Who would marry them?

This book covers the founding and development of nine hospital newspapers, each fully explored for such topics as patriotism, politics, religion, satire, romance and marriage, battlefield experience and treatment of prisoners of war.

Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

One. Hospital Register

Two. Armory Square Hospital Gazette

Three. The Soldiers' Journal

Four. The Cripple

Five. The Crutch

Six. Hammond Gazette

Seven. The Cartridge Box

Eight. Knight Hospital Record

Nine. Voice of the Soldier

Conclusions

Appendices

I. Union General Hospitals, December 1864

II. Department of Washington, December 1864

III. Department of Pennsylvania

IV. Middle Department Hospitals

V. Department of the East

VI. Hospital Newspapers

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index