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Surgeon in blue : Jonathan Letterman, the Civil War doctor who pioneered battlefield care

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McGaugh, Scott.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Arcade Publishing, [2013]
Subjects and Genres:
Letterman, Jonathan, > 1824-1872.
United States. > Army > Surgeons > Biography.
United States. > Army of the Potomac > Biography.
Surgeons > United States > Biography.
Medicine, Military > United States > History > 19th century.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Medical care.
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Table of Contents:
  • "We are almost worked to death"
  • Not a learned profession: "Open-hearted frankness"
  • Outpost medicine: "We had no bandages"
  • The Hammond alliance: "Their wounds, as yet, undressed"
  • Taking medical command: "I found it in a deplorable condition"
  • Antietam: "I pray God may stop such infernal work"
  • Fredericksburg: "A huge serpent of blue and steel"
  • Chancellorsville: "What will the country say?"
  • Gettysburg: "I turned away and cried"
  • Validation: "Little more remained to be done"
  • Wildcatter: "A good kind husband"
  • Compassionate coroner: "I have done my duty faithfully"
  • An enduring legacy: "War is a terrible thing at best"
  • "Today I am used up."

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