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Originally Posted by jcruse64
You may have posted about this elsewhere, but what is your book about, regarding the war?
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I have 44 letters of a Civil War surgeon with the 111th and 98th NY infantries. His letters are between 1862 and 1885. He was present at the surrender of Harpers Ferry, the defenses of Washington DC, Gettysburg, and the siege of Petersburg. I edited the letters, wrote background info on who he was, the role of surgeons during the war, as well as how the armies were organized because he mentions a lot of ranks and what not, I figured it would help the reader. I also added a large amount of footnotes on key people, places, events mentioned in the letters.
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eath, Disease, and Life at War: The Civil War Letters of Surgeon James D. Benton, 111th and 98th New York Infantry Regiments, 1862-1865.