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HISTORY
OF THE UNITED STATES SANITARY COMMISSION by
Charles  B. Stille, CA. 1866, reprint, appendices, 558 pp. Stille's book
stands today as the definitive work on the USSC during the Civil War. He
provides considerable insight into their organization and operation, role
in supporting the US Army Medical Department, and the successes achieved.
Stille includes chapters on USSC relief efforts at the battles of Chattanooga,
Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Cold Harbor, Wilderness and
others. Nine chapters cover the distribution of supplies, inspection of
camps and hospitals, care and transport of the wounded, and contributions
and disbursements.
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THE
OTHER SIDE OF WAR - On the Hospital Transports with the Army of the Potoma c
by Katherine Prescott Wormeley, ca. 1889, reprint, 244 pp. appendices,
index, new introduction. This first person account of life on the hospital
transports during the Civil War graphically
communicates the extent of
suffering by the sick and wounded of the Army of the Potomac. Wormeley's
letters reveal a Medical Service severely in need of supplies, staffing,
trailing and a plan to manage the flood of casualties from the battlefields.
She left her comfortable surroundings in Newport, Rhode Island at age 32,
to served with the Hospital Transport Service managed by the United States
Sanitary Commission.
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STORY
OF THE GREAT MARCH by G eorge W. Nichols, ca. 1865 reprint, 394 pp. A first
person account by
Sherman's aid-de-camp, Major George Nichols, of the infamous march through
Georgia. A standard reference for any military historian studying Civil
War campaigns and battles. Sherman's Campaigns to Atlanta, Savannah and
into the Carolinas, ended the Civil War and guaranteed Sherman's position
in US military history. Includes General Sherman's official reports of
the campaigns.
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ARMY
LIFE IN A BLACK REGIMENT
by
Thomas W. Higginson, ca. 1870, reprint, 296 pp. First-hand account of black
soldiering during the Civil War by the white commanding officer of the
1st South Carolina Volunteers, the first all-black, all ex-slave regiment
mustered into the Union Army in 1862. Its success hastened the formation
of other black army units. An intriguing source work on the daily life
of a black soldier in a black regiment.
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MY STORY OF THE
WAR: A Woman's Narrative of Four Years Personal Experience as a Nurse in the
Union Army by Mary Livermore, ca.
1887, reprint, 700 pp. A magnificent picture of the medical service in
the Union Army during the Civil War and the critical role the US Sanitary
Commission played in relieving the suffering of the sick and wounded behind
the lines. She was instrumental in mobilizing public support for the soldier
at the front and in hospitals. An unequaled story recounting the role women
played during the war in the factories, hospitals and family homes vacated
by the soldiers.
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BOOTS
AND SADDLES, OR LIFE IN DAKOTA WITH GENERAL CUSTER
b y Elizabeth B. Custer, ca. 1885, reprint, 307
pp. Absorbing story of life
at isolated Army posts in the Dakota Territory during the 1870's as told
by
the wife of Gen. George A. Custer. Mrs. Custer's own story of the hardships
and difficulties of army life at a frontier post, the successes and tragedies,
harsh weather, unending boredom and restless Indians. Provides new information
on the men of the 7th US Cavalry who met with tragedy at the Battle of
the Little Big Horn in 1876.
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