Author: Brian Craig Miller
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820343331
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
The Civil War acted like a battering ram on human beings, shattering both flesh and psyche of thousands of soldiers. Despite popular perception that doctors recklessly erred on the side of amputation, surgeons labored mightily to adjust to the medical quagmire of war. And as Brian Craig Miller shows in Empty Sleeves, the hospital emerged as the first arena where southerners faced the stark reality of what amputation would mean for men and women and their respective positions in southern society after the war. Thus, southern women, through nursing and benevolent care, prepared men for the challenges of returning home defeated and disabled. Still, amputation was a stark fact for many soldiers. On their return, southern amputees remained dependent on their spouses, peers, and dilapidated state governments to reconstruct their shattered manhood and meet the challenges brought on by their newfound disabilities. It was in this context that Confederate patients based their medical care decisions on how comrades, families, and society would view the empty sleeve. In this highly original and deeply researched work, Miller explores the ramifications of amputation on the Confederacy both during and after the Civil War and sheds light on how dependency and disability reshaped southern society.
Empty Sleeves
Author: Brian Craig Miller
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820343331
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
The Civil War acted like a battering ram on human beings, shattering both flesh and psyche of thousands of soldiers. Despite popular perception that doctors recklessly erred on the side of amputation, surgeons labored mightily to adjust to the medical quagmire of war. And as Brian Craig Miller shows in Empty Sleeves, the hospital emerged as the first arena where southerners faced the stark reality of what amputation would mean for men and women and their respective positions in southern society after the war. Thus, southern women, through nursing and benevolent care, prepared men for the challenges of returning home defeated and disabled. Still, amputation was a stark fact for many soldiers. On their return, southern amputees remained dependent on their spouses, peers, and dilapidated state governments to reconstruct their shattered manhood and meet the challenges brought on by their newfound disabilities. It was in this context that Confederate patients based their medical care decisions on how comrades, families, and society would view the empty sleeve. In this highly original and deeply researched work, Miller explores the ramifications of amputation on the Confederacy both during and after the Civil War and sheds light on how dependency and disability reshaped southern society.
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820343331
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
The Civil War acted like a battering ram on human beings, shattering both flesh and psyche of thousands of soldiers. Despite popular perception that doctors recklessly erred on the side of amputation, surgeons labored mightily to adjust to the medical quagmire of war. And as Brian Craig Miller shows in Empty Sleeves, the hospital emerged as the first arena where southerners faced the stark reality of what amputation would mean for men and women and their respective positions in southern society after the war. Thus, southern women, through nursing and benevolent care, prepared men for the challenges of returning home defeated and disabled. Still, amputation was a stark fact for many soldiers. On their return, southern amputees remained dependent on their spouses, peers, and dilapidated state governments to reconstruct their shattered manhood and meet the challenges brought on by their newfound disabilities. It was in this context that Confederate patients based their medical care decisions on how comrades, families, and society would view the empty sleeve. In this highly original and deeply researched work, Miller explores the ramifications of amputation on the Confederacy both during and after the Civil War and sheds light on how dependency and disability reshaped southern society.
Confederate Pensioners of Kentucky
Author: Stephen Douglas Lynn
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Kentucky
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Kentucky
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Kentucky Ancestors
Index to Arkansas Confederate Pension Applications
Author:
Publisher: Arkansas Research
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
This vol. is a statewide index of names. No county information is given. The library has several other vols. by the author, all bound together into 2 hardbound vols., that give the same information alphabetized by county.
Publisher: Arkansas Research
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
This vol. is a statewide index of names. No county information is given. The library has several other vols. by the author, all bound together into 2 hardbound vols., that give the same information alphabetized by county.
Index of Confederate Pension Applications, Commonwealth of Kentucky
Author: Kentucky. Division of Archives and Records Management
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Kentucky
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
This "index is arranged alphabetically and lists the applicant's name, county of residence at the time the application was made, the date the application was received in the Confederate pensions office, and the application number. The listings for the widow's applications provide maiden names if stated on the application. The veteran husbands' names are listed in parentheses."--Introd.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Kentucky
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
This "index is arranged alphabetically and lists the applicant's name, county of residence at the time the application was made, the date the application was received in the Confederate pensions office, and the application number. The listings for the widow's applications provide maiden names if stated on the application. The veteran husbands' names are listed in parentheses."--Introd.
Chester County 1882 Tennessee 1995
Author:
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
ISBN: 1563111950
Category : Chester County (Tenn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
ISBN: 1563111950
Category : Chester County (Tenn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Military Bibliography of the Civil War Volume 4
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1072
Book Description
Volume IV: Compiled and revised by Silas Felton. 1063 pp., revised with books missed in vols. I,II, and III, regimental publications, personal narratives, biographies, campaigns and battles, Northern and Southern. Felton?s new compilation is without peer. He covers the subject from five different perspectives: Regimental Publications and Personal Narratives, Union and Confederate Biographies, General References, Armed Forces and Campaigns and Battles.And, making the work extremely useful, the last 236 pages contain a complete Index of Authors of Volumes I through IV as well as a new Index of Titles in the Revised Volume IV.Furthermore, to clear up confusion created by the multiple names often used by Confederate units during the war ? artillery batteries in particular ? which carried a state designation but were commonly known by the battery commander?s name, Felton has cited a written work with a single number designation but indexed and listed it under its common appellation to aid the researcher and eliminate confusion.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1072
Book Description
Volume IV: Compiled and revised by Silas Felton. 1063 pp., revised with books missed in vols. I,II, and III, regimental publications, personal narratives, biographies, campaigns and battles, Northern and Southern. Felton?s new compilation is without peer. He covers the subject from five different perspectives: Regimental Publications and Personal Narratives, Union and Confederate Biographies, General References, Armed Forces and Campaigns and Battles.And, making the work extremely useful, the last 236 pages contain a complete Index of Authors of Volumes I through IV as well as a new Index of Titles in the Revised Volume IV.Furthermore, to clear up confusion created by the multiple names often used by Confederate units during the war ? artillery batteries in particular ? which carried a state designation but were commonly known by the battery commander?s name, Felton has cited a written work with a single number designation but indexed and listed it under its common appellation to aid the researcher and eliminate confusion.
Everton's Genealogical Helper
Heart of Texas Records
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Registers of births, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Registers of births, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
Index to Tennessee Confederate Pension Applications
Author: Samuel Sistler
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military pensions
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military pensions
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description