Title: Doctor to the front
Description: "The Civil War was a tragic conflict that destroyed many lives, but for those trying to save lives the tragedy was often compounded. Military doctors labored through the smoke of battle where impossible conditions and fear of infection often forced them to resort to amputation, and most operations were performed without painkillers.

Thomas Fanning Wood recorded his wartime experiences as a Confederate Army surgeon, and his recollections of those events allow us to hear a distinct voice of the Civil War."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Biography, Confederate Personal narratives, Confederate States of America, Confederate States of America. Army, History, Medical care, Surgeons, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, Confederate states of america, army, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, personal narratives, confederate, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, medical care, Surgeons, biography, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, biography, Confederate states of america, biography, Warfare, Military Medicine, History, 19th Century, Physicians
Places: Confederate States of America, United States
People: Thomas Fanning Wood (1841-1892)
Time periods: Civil War, 1861-1865