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Bleeding Blue and Gray: Civil War Surgery and the Evolution of American Medicine

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The Practice and Progress of Medicine
Civil War medical issues
Civil War Surgery
Bleeding Blue and Gray: Civil War Surgery and the Evolution of American Medicine
Fascinating, gory and sad

Bleeding Blue and Gray: Civil War Surgery and the Evolution of American Medicine
Ira Rutkow
Manufacturer: Random House
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0375503153
Release Date: 2005-04-19

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A landmark chronicle of Civil War medicine, Bleeding Blue and Gray is a major contribution to our understanding of America’s bloodiest conflict. Indeed, eminent surgeon and medical historian Ira M. Rutkow argues that it is impossible to grasp the harsh realities of the Civil War without an awareness of the state of American medicine at the time.

At the outset of the war, the use of ether and chloroform remained crude, and they were often unavailable in the hellish conditions at the front lines. As a result, many surgical procedures were performed without anesthesia in the compromised setting of a battleground or a field hospital. This meant that “clinical concerns were often of less consequence,” writes Rutkow, “than the swiftness of the surgeon’s knife.”

Also, in the 1860s, the existence of pathogenic microorganisms was still unknown–many still blamed “malodorous gasses” for deadly outbreaks of respiratory influenza. As the great Civil War surgeon William Williams Keen wrote, “we used undisinfected instruments from undisinfected plush-lined cases, and still worse, used marine sponges which had been used in prior pus cases and had been only washed in tap water.”

Besides the substandard quality of wartime medical supplies and techniques, the combatants’ utter lack of preparation greatly impaired treatment. In 1861, the Union’s medical corps, mostly ill-qualified and poorly trained, even lacked an ambulance system. Fortunately, some of these difficulties were ameliorated by the work of numerous relief agencies, especially the United States Sanitary Commission, led by Frederick Law Olmsted, and tens of thousands of volunteers, among them Louisa May Alcott and Walt Whitman.

From the soldiers who endured the ravages of combat to the government officials who directed the war machine, from the good Samaritans who organized aid commissions to the nurses who cared for the wounded, Bleeding Blue and Gray presents a story of suffering, politics, character, and, ultimately, healing.

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The Practice and Progress of Medicine.......2007-06-10

Medicine was another major area where the combatants of the Civil War were ill-equipped to begin. Prior to the Civil War hospitals were by and large places where one did not want to go. Those who were pushed out of society were sent to hospitals whereas those to be saved were cared for at home. Critics of hospitals complained of grimy walls and foul air due bodily secretions. Prior to the Civil War hospitals were only sanctuaries for the destitute and insane.

Basically doctors were divided between allopaths and homeopaths. The orthodox view of medicine at 1860 was typified by Benjamin Rush who taught bleeding, blistering, and purging for every imaginable ailment. So when in 1862, William Goodell was knocked unconscious by an exploding artillery shell, and his doctor observed that Goodell could not speak and ordered that ice be placed on Goodell's head and that his neck was opened to remove blood. Vomiting was induced. Blisters were created "on his legs and behind his ears to allow 'poisonous' fluids to ooze from the body." Homeopathy was the non-orthodox view of medicine at that time. These doctors prescribed herbs, roots, and the like to cure every ailment. The regimental doctor was often the person best qualified from the town where the regiment had been formed even though he may not have had any real qualifications at all.

Ambulances... if you study EMS, you'll find that ambulance service began during the Civil War. For the most part, casualties had faced the prospect of being a liability to the army and the injuries they suffered were their own bad fortune. Perhaps their fellow soldiers would return to the battlefield... if they had been victorious. At the First Battle of Bull Run, the Union has very few two-wheeled ambulances and was forced to leave their fate in the hands of the Confederates... who had fewer resources of their own and so the wounded were hospitalized all the way back to Richmond.

Nurses, because they were women at a time when women had few rights, were largely ineffective. One of the orders from Washington put nurses at the whim of doctors. This created a situation which serves as a source for a lot of off-color jokes about nurses. Nurses were not the highly trained respected persons that they are today.

Most of Dr Rutkow's book is about the political battles which changed policies. Frederick Law Olmstead is a major figure in Rutkow's book as is the Sanitary Commission. Edwin Stanton dueled and juggled with these and the likes of William Hammond and others. Interestingly, Rutkow leaves Abraham Lincoln above most of these political battles.

During the Civil War, amputations were common due to the fact that the doctors had an anesthetic (since the 1840's) and knew that gangrene would spread unless amputated. So why amputate? Why hurry patients to hospitals? Why change ventilation? Why change linens? The answer to these questions lies in the work of previous doctors. In another book I read the story about a head physician in Vienna in 1848 who managed two maternity wards. In one the mortality of the mothers was five times that in the other. The head physician tackled the problem by wondering whether one ward was too crowded, was birth position a problem, etc. In a way, it was stroke of luck that a male doctor also lost his life with the same symptoms as the women in the first ward. The head doctor determined that "cadervic material" had found its way from a mortuary to the maternity ward.

It was such testing that led to the reforms of the medical system during the Civil War. Hospitals became more open aired and sanitary. Proper nutrition was emphasized. Linens were clean. Doctors and nurses began to develop a "shared practice experience" along with some certification of qualification. And ambulances began to be deployed in sufficient number to remove the wounded from the battlefield to the hospitals.

The Civil War occurred in the waning years of medicine before the scientific era. My one criticism of Dr Rutkow's book is that he does not do much to explain some of the efforts to control infection in the time before the discovery of bacteria.

Civil War medical issues.......2007-02-07

This book is an excellent look at a broad spectrum of Civil War medical issues. The author touches on the medical training of doctors in the 19th century, and even discusses the role of nurses in patient care at the time. Much of the information in the book was new to me, rather than a rehashing of common information, As a physician, I marvelled at how little the medical personnel of the time had to work with. The administrative structure of the Medical Corps is covered in almost too much detail, but this information is made more palatable by vivid portraits of some of the leading figures. I wanted this book to be longer-- I hope that Dr. Rutkown returns to writing soon!

Civil War Surgery.......2006-07-09

If you only buy one book on civil war medicine, this
is the book to purchase.
Excellent.

Bleeding Blue and Gray: Civil War Surgery and the Evolution of American Medicine.......2006-07-04

Excellent! What a research project that Dr. Rutkow undertook with this book and then gave it back to us in an interesting, informative read! Thought I might get bored with all the history details and names, but I did not. Funny how much of the major movements in healthcare came with our experiences with war. Thought Vietnam was primarily the determinate change, but the Doc shows us how medicine evolved during the Civil War, but stayed stagnant at the same time. Read the book!

Fascinating, gory and sad.......2006-03-18

It's obvious the author, an M.D. himself, has gone to great pains to research this subject exhaustively. I was riveted by the general Civil War history relating to and along with the medical history of the period. The personalities and politics were as interesting as the accounts of battles and medical cases. It's amazing that only a century and a half ago, medical professionals didn't know to wash their hands between patients or before performing surgery. I couldn't put this book down and finished it in two evenings. I recommend it heartily.

Behind the Blue and Gray: The Soldier's Life in the Civil War (Young Reader's Hist- Civil War)

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AMAZING PHOTOS
It's not a book...it's a journey

Behind the Blue and Gray: The Soldier's Life in the Civil War (Young Reader's Hist- Civil War)
Delia Ray
Manufacturer: Puffin
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ASIN: 0140383042

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AMAZING PHOTOS.......2003-06-17

Although photos were uncommon back in 1860 this book located dozens of them. The story is told in a vivid and fair portrayal.

It's not a book...it's a journey.......2000-09-05

After reading several adult books on the Civil War for research, I began this book by Delia Ray (I like to read children's books as well). I simply need to say that this book is excellent. Civil War reading can be very dry, but not this book. Delia Ray takes us on a soldiers journey beginning with enlistment and ending with a soldiers life after the war, using quotes from actual letters and diaries strategically placed throughout the book. She covers such interesting items as what soldiers ate, how they drilled, their various living quarters, what they did for enjoyment, their attitudes toward their commanders, soldiers of other nationalities, and the enemy. She discusses individual battles, medical treatment, hospital and prison life, with such empathy that when you finish this book you will actually feel as if you were there yourself. The photographs in this book each tell a story in themselves, as well. They are some of the most moving photos I've seen of the Civil War. I simply couldn't put this book down onced I picked it up. I highly recommend this book to both children and adults because like my title says, it's not a book... it's a journey. An all inclusive journey that seems to leave no question concerning the Civil War soldiers life unanswered.

Blue & Gray Navies: The Civil War Afloat

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Blue & Gray Navies: The Civil War Afloat
Spencer C. Tucker
Manufacturer: US Naval Institute Press
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ASIN: 1591148820

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Though the land war dominates the Civil War historic literature and imagination, the war at sea was equally dramatic and a vital contributor to the Union victory.

Drawing on recent scholarship, official records, and the memoirs of participants, Spencer Tucker looks at the important roles played by the Union and Confederate navies during the Civil War. Tucker opens with an overview of the U.S. Navy's history to 1861 and then closely examines the two navies at the beginning of the war, including the senior leadership, officers and personnel, organization, recruitment practices, training, facilities, and manufacturing resources. He discusses the acquisition of ships and the design and construction of new types, as well as their armament and the development of naval ordnance, and Northern and Southern naval strategies.

Tucker then takes a close look at the war itself, including the Union blockade of the Confederate Atlantic and Gulf coasts, riverine warfare in the Western theater, Confederate blockade running and commerce raiders on the high seas, and the Union campaigns against New Orleans, Charleston, Vicksburg, and on the Red River. Tucker covers the major battles and technological innovations, and he evaluates the significance of the Union blockade.

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Contributions to the USA and CSA during the Civil War
An important, unique contribution to Civil War studies.
This book adds little value to Civil War research

Vaqueros in Blue and Gray
Jerry D. Thompson
Manufacturer: State House Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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A saga of the brave Mexican-Texans during the Civil War, this edition contains a list of four thousand Confederate and Union Hispanics from Texas.

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Contributions to the USA and CSA during the Civil War.......2003-02-26

The book Vaqueros in Blue and Gray provides an insightfully resource of the contributions made by Hispanics to both the United States of America (USA) and the Confederate States of America (CSA) during the American Civil War. From an Anglo standpoint, I feel that this book better helps Civil War researchers better understand the Civil War and the contributions made by Mexicans and others with surnames like Sanchez, Martinez, and Moreno to both the CSA and USA.

An important, unique contribution to Civil War studies........2000-07-03

This history of Hispanic involvements in the Civil War includes the first comprehensive list compiled over Confederate and Union Hispanic participants who served, providing a history which will particularly appeal to students of Texas state history. Vaqueros in Blue & Gray originally appeared in 1976; this new edition provides a new introduction, foreword, and the list of participants.

This book adds little value to Civil War research.......1999-01-20

The author focuses on Texas-Mexicans, who enlisted in the Union and Confederate armies. No grand motives were involved. The enlistees joined for a variety of reasons: bonus money, clothing, food, escape from a ruthless peonage system, and because of a paternalistic tradition stemming from their Mexican heritage. Regardless, the Texas-Mexican committment was weak throughout the Civil War. An exception was the Benavides brothers, particularly, Santos, who was the highest ranking Texas-Mexican in either army.

While American-Mexican soldiers served in various state units - Alabama, Louisiana, Missouri, New Mexico, Vermont, et. al., this book is about the Texas-Mexicans who served along the Rio Grande River, dividing Texas and Mexico. In the course of their service, these confederate soldiers were chiefly involved in border incidents, fighting bandits, chasing rustlers, etc. It's clear Texas officials used Texas-Mexican soldiers not to fight the Union but to protect Texas land and property.

Approximately 2600 Texas-Mexicans served the South and 950 served the Union. The illiteracy rate for Texas-Mexicans was as high as 95% and their lack of English kept them in the lowest ranks throughout the war. Of the 62 men in one confederate regiment, only 3 were born in Texas. Many had been born in Mexico and ranged in age to 50 years. The Texas-Mexicans thought of their army service as a job through which they could send money to their families in Mexico - an early Bracero program.

When pay and morale deteriorated, the Texas-Mexicans deserted the confederate and union armies. They simply rode out of camps carrying clothing, arms, and riding the best horses. The desertion rate was of serious concern. In some units it ran as high as 100%, as Captain Adrian Vidal's "Independent Partisan Union Rangers" deserted in its entirety.

Prejudice against the Texas-Mexicans soldiers was overt and contributed to the desertion rate. One officer's comment is pertinent, "I consider them (Texas-Mexicans) as dishonest, cowardly, and treacherous." His feelings were supported by many Anglos in both armies. In this context, the Texas-Mexicans were given old and outdated arms and scrub horses - those not considered good enough for other army units.

The author knows the framework of his subject. Where he fails is in trying to put the results of his knowledge into a semblance of lucidity. The book is hard to read and doesn't hold a casual reader's interest. There is no explanation of the relationship of the battles described to the overall strategy of the South. Further, there are no maps with which to follow the battles narrated by the author.

Another defect is that there are no accounts of the daily lives of the Texas-Mexican soldiers: how they behaved under fire, what they ate, what they thought, how they spent their leisure time, and so forth. The book is also cluttered with footnote references as if the author believed 271 footnotes bestowed literary merit on 120 pages of text. The index is rudimentary and of limited value to the reader. In the author's defense, he obviously did a lot of research. However, no writer can enlighten a subject when the subject is presented with little form and substance.

The military events in the Civil War numbered 10,455 which doesn't include naval actions or countless other scrapes and clashes that didn't find their way into official records. This book adds nothing to the history of the "Vaquero" and does a disservice to Texas-Mexicans by denigrating their will to survive despite the foolishness foisted on them by the Anglos.

One irony that escapes the author is that the war between the states may have ended slavery in the United States but the Texas-Mexicans who fought in the Civil War continued in peonage well into the 20th century. They lived as they did before the war, clustered in small villages along the muddy waters of the Rio Grande, many in poverty, and many others suppressed economically and politically.

More than 60,000 books, monographs, pamphlets, et. al., have been written about the Civil War in all its aspects. This book adds little value to that vast body of work.

The Blue, the Gray, & the Red: Indian Campaigns of the Civil War

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While interest focused on the East
An often-overlooked sidebar of the American Civil War

The Blue, the Gray, & the Red: Indian Campaigns of the Civil War
Thom Hatch
Manufacturer: Stackpole Books
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 081170016X

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Inexperienced Union and Confederate soldiers in the West waged numerous bloody campaigns against the Indians during the Civil War. Fighting with a distinct geographical advantage, many tribes terrorized the territory from the Plains to the Pacific, as American pioneers moved west in greater numbers. These noteworthy--and notorious--Indian campaigns featured a fascinating cast of colorful characters, and were set against the wild, desolate, and untamed territories of the western United States. This is the first book to explore Indian conflicts that took place during the Civil War and documents both Union and Confederate encounters with hostile Indians blocking western expansion.

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Most Readable!.......2006-08-25

This may be the first work dedicated solely to chronicling the numerous campaigns waged against the Indians in the West during the War Between the States, 1861-1865. Perhaps more Indians - and possibly more Americans - were killed during this time period than any other comparable four year period of the Indian Wars in our history. Yet most Americans are quite ignorant of all that transpired in these Indian campaigns no doubt due to the overarching dominance of that most sanguinary other War. Both Confederate and Federal soldiers had to maintain two front wars - against each other and the Indians. In each nation manpower drains for the main war were such that all too often the campaigns for frontier survival were fought with untrained and inexperienced militia. The Indians comprehended all of this and many acted with great mischief.

Concomitantly the War Between the States also divided the loyalties of many tribes with organized units fighting for both the Confederacy (who had Indian nations' representatives in their congress with the intention of eventually bringing them in as their own states) and the Union. We must not lose sight of the fact that the last commissioned general in the Confederacy to surrender was Cherokee chief Brigadier General Stand Watie on 23 June 1865.

Although this well written eminently readable book fills in a much needed gap in understanding our history of the many campaigns with the various Indian tribes during this time period, it is woefully lacking more in its analysis and descriptions of the campaigns in the Confederacy. There are only several paragraphs outlining these skirmishes and battles. The title of this work certainly suggests more than what is provided. Much has yet to be researched and written hereon. And, we know that there were many fights worth relating with the Indians on the "Southron" frontier. See, e.g., BOURLAND IN NORTH TEXAS AND INDIAN TERRITORY DURING THE CIVIL WAR: Fort Cobb, Fort Arbuckle & The Wichita Mountains, by Patricia Adkins-Rochette (2006). For the open-minded researcher, this is a field of history still in dire need!

Nonetheless, those campaigns described are fascinating. The author leads us through several of the bloody battles between partisan Indian tribes during the War Between the States explaining the politics of it all (this is well done - it can be most confusing) with the consequences to each side. Even history enthusiasts for the War are frequently uninformed with reference to the fratricidal intra-Indian campaigns. He then goes into the several Apache campaigns, the Great Sioux Uprising of 1862 in Minnesota wherein scores of quite innocent newly arrived German immigrants were massacred and worse, the Bear River Massacre, the Woolsey Expedition, Northern and Southern Plains vengeance, and ultimately the woeful Sand Creek Massacre.

Of note, the Sioux War of 1862 caused the burning of much of the town of New Ulm - 190 houses, and culminated after several set battles with the largest mass hanging under the colour of law in American history on American soil. On 26 December 1862, after receiving approval by Union President Abraham Lincoln, 38 Indians were publicly hanged for their depredations in this war.

This book is excellent. It is recommended - its noted blemishes aside - to the serious student of the Indian Wars.

24 August 2006

While interest focused on the East.......2003-04-01

Exacerbated by broken treaties, all across the West tensions and conflict arose between Indians and the steady, inexorable march West of white settlers. During the Civil War years, civilians and troops (mostly Blue) failed to solve the problem on multiple miniature battlefields. This book does an excellent job of describing the specific conditions and repercussions in nine areas where Indians attempted to maintain their traditional lifestyle.

An often-overlooked sidebar of the American Civil War.......2003-03-09

The Blue, The Gray, & The Red: Indian Campaigns Of The Civil War by western historian Thom Hatch focuses on an often-overlooked sidebar of the American Civil War -- the western campaigns that took place during the years of 1861 to 1865 and which resulted in the deaths of more Native Americans than in any other historical period of United States history. Heavily researched and superbly presented, The Blue, The Gray, & The Red is a much-appreciated and strongly recommended addition to Civil War Studies and Native American Studies reference collections and supplemental reading lists.

Black, Blue & Gray: African Americans In The Civil War

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Black, Blue & Gray: African Americans In The Civil War
Jim Haskins
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Soldiers Blue and Gray (Studies in American Military History)

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A great look at the common Civil War soldier!
Filled With Fantastic Facts

Soldiers Blue and Gray (Studies in American Military History)
James I. Robertson
Manufacturer: University of South Carolina Press
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A great look at the common Civil War soldier!.......2003-04-02

Author James Robertson has put together a very interesting book that considers many popular aspects of soldiering in the Civil War. Robertson hits strong topics such as enlisting, camp life, battle, prisons, religion, relationships, family, death and valor. This insightful information is backed by reference, great writing and also some humorous situations that Robertson assembles. This book was a pleasure to read and at times very educational. For the advanced historian, it may be a bit too generalized although a person with some basic knowledge of the war could benefit a great amount. I would recommend this book to anyone looking to understand the common soldier of the Civil War and looking to gain further insight.

Filled With Fantastic Facts.......2000-06-19

"Soldiers Blue And Gray" contains much information on the general aspects of the Civil War. Not directly covering any specific action or battle, it uses quotations from diaries and letters of the period to bring to life such topics as life in camp, prisoners of war, and medical conditions, while covering the point of view of both Union and Confederate soldiers. It is comparable in style to Wiley's "The Life of Billy Yank" and "The Life of Johnny Reb". Easily read and understood, and filled with many facts and figures, it should prove valuable to both the serious researcher and the casual reader.

Yankee Blue or Rebel Gray? A Family Divided by the Civil War

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Yankee Blue or Rebel Gray? A Family Divided by the Civil War
Kate Connell , and Nancy Feresten
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ASIN: 0792251792
Release Date: 2003-07-01

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As cousins take up arms against one another and America's bloodiest war unfolds, young Sam Shaw grows to realize that choosing sides in this conflict is far more complicated than he had thought. Connell details significant battles and profiles key historical figures as she conveys the heart-wrenching turbulence of a family and nation divided.

Best Little Stories of the Blue and the Gray (Best Little Stories)

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Best Little Stories of the Blue and the Gray (Best Little Stories)
C. Brian Kelly
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ASIN: 1581825021

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Best Little Stories of the Blue and Gray is a journalistic history of America's Civil War and the people who fought in it. Drawn from the writings of soldiers, sailors, slaves, politicians, and ordinary citizens as much as from the accomplishments of military leaders, it records the war largely in terms of its human-interest aspects. In more than 100 vignettes, it gives voice to the common people—soldiers and civilians alike—not just military and political leaders. The stories include:

• The Confederacy's Patton brothers, whose heroics inspired their descendant, George S. Patton Jr., of World War II fame

• A general who served faithfully and honorably under Stonewall Jackson even though as a cadet he had been expelled from VMI for talking back to Professor Jackson

• The true story behind the song "Dixie," which was written in the North and was one of Abraham Lincoln's favorite songs

• The Confederate veteran who erected a monument in New England to his former enemy, the soldiers of the Union army

• The onetime Union drummer who apparently was the only Civil War veteran lost when the Titanic sank nearly five decades later

• The Confederate veteran who wrote nearly 1,000 novels and novelettes after the Civil War and was buried at Jefferson Davis's postwar home in Mississippi

• The Southern cemetery in which forty generals—all Union—are buried

• An obscure Confederate general who is honored by a statue in Washington, D.C.

• How California won the Civil War for the Union..sort of...and how Texas gave the Confederacy a huge boost, even though Gov. Sam Houston did not intend to do so

• The Union submarine that sank in a storm off Cape Hatteras while under tow to Charleston, South Carolina, not in battle

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Horsemen, blue and gray: A pictorial history

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Horsemen, blue and gray: A pictorial history
James Ralph Johnson
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