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History Civil War Period (1850-1877)

A Surgeon in the Army of the Potomac

by (author) Francis M. Wafer & Cheryl A. Wells

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
Apr 2008
Category
Civil War Period (1850-1877), History, General
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780773533813
    Publish Date
    Apr 2008
    List Price
    $40.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780773577282
    Publish Date
    Apr 2008
    List Price
    $40.95

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Description

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.

About the authors

Cheryl A. Wells is associate professor, history, University of Wyoming, and the author of Civil War Time: Temporality and Identity in America, 1861-1865.

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