The journal of a Civil War surgeon
By: J. Franklin Dyer ; edited by Michael B. Chesson.
Contributors: Chesson, Michael B., 1947-
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 317
Subjects: Dyer, J. Franklin 1826-1879 -- Correspondence.; United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 19th (1861-1865); United States. Army -- Surgeons -- Correspondence.; Surgeons -- Massachusetts -- Correspondence.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.; Massachusetts -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.; Massachusetts -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.
Genres: Correspondence.; Personal narratives.
Description: "J. Franklin Dyer's journal offers a rare perspective on three years of the Civil War as seen through the eyes of a surgeon at the front. The journal, taken from letters written to his wife, Maria, describes in lengthy and colorful detail the daily life of a doctor who began as a regimental surgeon in the Nineteenth Massachusetts Volunteers and was promoted to acting medical director of the Second Corps, Army of the Potomac."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.