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A surgeon in the Army of the Potomac / Francis M. Wafer ; edited by Cheryl A. Wells

Author
Wafer, Francis M., 1830-1876
Published
Montréal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2008]
Copyright Date
©2008
Physical Description
1 online resource (xliv, 225 pages) : illustrations, map, portraits
Additional Creators
Wells, Cheryl A., 1972-
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Contents
Civil War Timeline -- 1. Joining the Army of the Potomac -- 2. Spring Campaigns of 1863 -- 3. Gettysburg Campaign -- 4. After Gettysburg -- 5. Campaigns of 1864 -- 6. Letters from Petersburg and Hatcher's Run.
Summary
Lured across the border by promises of opportunity and adventure, Francis M. Wafer - a young student from Queen's Medical College in Kingston - joined the Union's army of the Potomac as an assistant surgeon. From the battle of the Wilderness to the closing campaigns, Wafer was both participant and chronicler of the American Civil War.
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ISBN
9780773575110 (electronic bk.)
0773575111 (electronic bk.)
1282865668
9781282865662
9780773533813 (print)
0773533818
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-213) and index.
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