Empty Sleeves: Amputation In The Civil War South (Uncivil Wars Ser.) - 9780820343327

The Civil War shattered both the flesh and psyche of thousands of soldiers. Brian Craig Miller shows how the hospital emerged as the first arena where southerners faced the stark reality of what amputation would mean for men and women and their respective positions in southern society after the war.

• | Author: Brian Craig Miller
• | Publisher: University Of Georgia Press
• | Publication Date: Mar 15, 2015
• | Number of Pages: 280 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0820343323
• | ISBN-13: 9780820343327