Naval Surgeon: Blockading the South, 1862-1866, by Boyer, Samuel Pellman
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"Naval Surgeon: Blockading the South, 1862-1866" is a two-volume edited collection featuring the diaries of Dr. Samuel Pellman Boyer, a U.S. Navy assistant surgeon during the Civil War. The first volume captures Boyer's experiences from 1862 to 1866, revealing his medical duties, observations on naval medicine, and interactions with fellow officers and crew members. These diaries provide unique insights into the management and supply of Union blockading squadrons, the lives of naval personnel, and their political viewpoints, including the treatment of contrabands. Adding to its scholarly merit, the work includes extensive notes and bibliographies, enhancing the contextual understanding of Boyer's accounts as a firsthand perspective on."
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Indiana
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"Naval Surgeon: Blockading the South, 1862-1866" is a two-volume edited collection featuring the diaries of Dr. Samuel Pellman Boyer, a U.S. Navy assistant surgeon during the Civil War. The first volume captures Boyer's experiences from 1862 to 1866, revealing his medical duties, observations on naval medicine, and interactions with fellow officers and crew members. These diaries provide unique insights into the management and supply of Union blockading squadrons, the lives of naval personnel, and their political viewpoints, including the treatment of contrabands. Adding to its scholarly merit, the work includes extensive notes and bibliographies, enhancing the contextual understanding of Boyer's accounts as a firsthand perspective on."
Jacket present with very minimal shelfwear. Price not clipped.
Indiana
Hardcover
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