Join researcher Richard Swanson on September 22 as he takes a close look at Army and Naval Civil War surgeons from Michigan.
by David Price
Civil War surgeons
Dr. John Julian Chisolm was one of the most influential Confederate surgeons during the Civil War. His books and and invention were invaluable.
Professor Peter Carmichael will lead a discussion of his new book – The War for the Common Soldier, using wartime letters from Civil War soldiers.
Scholars talk a lot about what Civil War surgeons did, but no one seems to have asked: what did Civil War surgeons feel?
