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A strange and blighted land : Gettysburg : the aftermath of a battle

This volume covers the more dismal side of the Gettysburg campaign: burials of Union and Confederate corpses, removal of the 3,000 horses killed, care of the wounded, descriptions of field hospitals, disposition of POWs, cleanup of the battle ground, collection of weapons, early relic hunters, battl...

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Main Author: Coco, Gregory A. 1946-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Gettysburg, PA : Thomas Publications, 1995.
Subjects and Genres:
Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863.
Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863 > Social aspects.
Burial > Pennsylvania > Gettysburg > History > 19th century.
Corpse removals > Pennsylvania > Gettysburg > History > 19th century.
Prisoners of war > United States > History > 19th century.
Pennsylvania > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Medical care.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Campaigns.
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300 |a xiv, 433 p. :  |b ill., maps ;  |c 23 cm. 
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 406-419) and index. 
505 0 |a No tongue can depict the carnage : the battlefield in the aftermath -- A long black shadow : the burial of the dead -- A great rushing river of agony : the care of the wounded -- The woods are full of them : prisoners of war, stragglers, and deserters -- The sacred sod : from battlefield to hallowed ground. 
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