History Civil War Period (1850-1877)
A Surgeon in the Army of the Potomac
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Initial publish date
- Apr 2008
- Category
- Civil War Period (1850-1877), History, General
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780773533813
- Publish Date
- Apr 2008
- List Price
- $40.95
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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.