Swamp doctor
Subtitle: the diary of a Union surgeon in the Virginia and North Carolina marshes
By: edited by Thomas P. Lowry.
Contributors: Lowry, Thomas P. 1932-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Stackpole Books; UNKNO
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Mechanicsburg, PA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 235
ISBN-13: 9780811715379
Subjects: Smith, William Mervale, b. 1825 -- Diaries.; United States. Army -- Surgeons -- Diaries.; United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 85th (1861-1865) -- Biography.; Surgeons -- New York (State) -- Diaries.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.; Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care.; Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.; North Carolina -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care.; North Carolina -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
Genres: Diaries.; Personal narratives.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 227) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The gathering storm; title: The peninsula; title: An ignoble retreat; title: Norfolk to New Bern; title: The Battles of Kinston and Goldsboro; title: Between battles; title: The doctor is examined; title: With muffled oars : the siege of Washington; title: The final days; title: The next thirty-nine years; title: Commentary; title: Appendixes.; title: McClellan and cowardice; title: Dr. Smith's examination papers; title: Ships named in the diary; title: Dr. Smith's descendants; title: Federal misbehavior at Suffolk, Virginia; title: Dr. Smith's report on the 85th New York