“An incredible resource for anyone interested in the human experience of the Civil War―as recorded by a medical professional tasked with saving lives.”—

Discusses what life was like for a doctor during the Civil War. Describes American military medicine during the mid-nineteenth century, and profiles the daily s

“H. H. Cunningham’s Doctors in Gray, first published more than thirty years ago, remains the definitive work on the medical history of the Confederate army.

A young adult biography of Civil War surgeon Mary Walker

Recounts the life of the Civil War surgeon and how he made battlefield survival possible by creating the first organized ambulance corps and a more effective fi