The black flower
Subtitle: a novel of the Civil War
By: by Howard Bahr.
Publisher: Nautical & Aviation Pub. Co. of America
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Baltimore, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
Subjects: United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Fiction
Description: The aftermath of a Civil War battle through the eyes of a Confederate soldier. The wounded are dragged to a makeshift hospital to face doctors with blunt saws, others suffocate under the weight of fallen comrades, scavengers invade the battlefield to strip the dead of valuables. He is lucky, his wounds are light and a nurse falls in love with him.