Letters from a Civil War Surgeon

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Summary: Informative reading for any Civil War history buff
Review: Letters From A Civil War Surgeon is a remarkable and memorable collection of personal letters by William Child, a country doctor who served with the Fifth New Hampshire Volunteers. Dr. Child's correspondences to his wife are photomechanically reproduced in black-and-white and then transcribed into easy-to-read type. In them, Dr. Child vividly conveys the loneliness, horror, and grim realities of war and bloodshed. Laced throughout with humor, political insights, and honest observations, Letters From A Civil War Surgeon is an invaluable and very highly recommended addition to Civil War Studies primary source collections and informative reading for any Civil War history buff.