Title: The journal of a Civil War surgeon
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.
Subjects: Correspondence, United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 19th (1861-1865), Massachusetts Civil War, 1861-1865, Surgeons, United States, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, Medical care, Personal narratives, United States. Army, Regimental histories, History, United states, army, regimental histories, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, personal narratives, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, medical care, Massachusetts, history, General Surgery, Military Medicine, History, 19th Century, War, Warfare
Places: Massachusetts, United States
People: J. Franklin Dyer (1826-1879)
Time periods: Civil War, 1861-1865