Repairing the "March of Mars"
Subtitle: the Civil War diaries of John Samuel Apperson, hospital steward in the Stonewall Brigade, 1861-1865
By: edited by John Herbert Roper ; transcribed by Jason Clayman, Peter Gretz, and John Herbert Roper.
Contributors: Roper, John Herbert, 1948-
Publisher: Mercer University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Macon, Ga
Language: eng
Number of pages: 654
Subjects: Apperson, John Samuel, 1837-1908 -- Diaries.; Confederate States of America. Army. Stonewall Brigade -- Biography.; Hospitals -- Confederate States of America -- Staff -- Diaries.; Medicine, Military -- Confederate States of America -- History.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Hospitals.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.; Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
Genres: Diaries.; Personal narratives.
Description: "There are many collections of letters and Civil War memoirs available today, but very few offer in-depth information about the medical treatment of wounded soldiers. In Repairing the "March of Mars": The Civil War Diaries of John Samuel Apperson, Hospital Steward in the Stonewall Brigade, 1861-1865, editor John Herbert Roper provides an important supplement to this largely ignored aspect of the Civil War.".

"Apperson's diary is a sensitive and painstaking observation of the details of medical treatment during and after battle. For all periods of the war, his detailed personal records supplement and correct official army hospital records, and for certain periods, his diary provides the only medical information available. For example, Apperson was present at the amputation of Stonewall Jackson's arm, and his diary shows that Jackson died of postoperative pneumonia, and not of a botched surgery."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.