Amputation in the Civil War South
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Köp båda 2 för 1838 krThe preoccupations and sentiments of a common soldier caught in the most traumatic conflict in American history Private Silas W. Haven, a native New Englander transplanted to Iowa, enlisted in 1862 to fight in a war that he believed was God's...
Some Southern generals, like Lee and Jackson, have stood the test of time, celebrated in their place in history. And then there are generals like John Bell Hood, reviled and ridiculed by generations of Civil War historians as one of the inglorious...
Miller's finest points are made in retelling the tragic stories of many of these Confederate soldiers, gathered from a thorough search through pension and medical records. Detailed footnotes and a comprehensive biography indicate that Miller has done his job.--Robert Grandchamp "Blue & Gray Magazine " This is an excellent and timely book.--David Sikenat "North Carolina Historical Review " This relatively short monograph includes thoughtful analysis of a variety of primary sources--surgical manuals, letters, memoirs, photographs, legislative records, and even Reconstruction-era theater--to offer a unique, wonderfully complex look at Southern wartime experiences, postwar policies, and changing ideas of manhood. . . . In all, Empty Sleeves is a fascinating and valuable addition to the historiographies of the Civil War and disability in the United States.--Dea H. Boster "Journal of American History " This impressively researched and well written book seeks to fill a glaring hole in Civil War historiography. . . . Empty Sleeves breaks new ground by exploring those consequences specifically for Confederate soldiers and Southern society writ large, with particular attention to the gendered nature of the surgery. . . . This extremely valuable study of the lives of Confederate amputees, the gender implications of their disabilities, and the societal responses to t he war wounded is very timely in our own day, when, as Miller notes in his epilogue, more amputees are coming home from America's wars in the Middle East than have since the war in Vietnam.--Dillon J. Carroll "Michigan War Studies Review " Some passages of this book are so deftly written. . . that they remind the reader of the importance of good writing to good scholarship. Brian Craig Miller has crafted a beautifully written and extensively researched book on a topic we must give greater attention: the bodily ramifications of the Civil War. Empty Sleeves is a powerful addition to a growing field of work.--Sarah Handley-Cousins "The Civil War Monitor " Miller has written a truly exceptional book that offers keen insights into the impact of amputation on soldiers, medical officers, women, and the state. This reader cannot find any major criticism of the book as it stands, for the author has written the book that he set out to write and has done so in a compelling and graphic manner. . . . Empty Sleeves stands as an excellent addition to the field and truly expands our understanding of the complex issues that arose from wounds and wounding in the American Civil War.--Ryan W. Keating "The Journal of Southern History " Empty Sleeves belongs to a growing body of Civil War writing that goes beyond analysis of military campaigns, political machinations, unit histories, and soldiers' biographies, to look at the conflict's lasting impact upon cultural development, broadly defined. . . . The book is well researched, clearly written, and logically organized.--Michael C.C. Adams "Register of the Kentucky Historical Society "
Brian Craig Miller is associate professor of history at Emporia State University, USA. He is the forthcoming editor of the journal Civil War History and the author of John Bell Hood and the Fight for Civil War Memory and The American Memory: Americans and Their History to 1877.