Nature's Civil War : common soldiers and the environment in 1862 Virginia / Kathryn Shively Meier.
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TextSeries: Publication details: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, (c)2013.Description: 1 online resourceContent type: - text
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- Common soldiers and the environment in 1862 Virginia
- United States. Army -- Military life -- History -- 19th century
- Self-care, Health -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century
- Self-care, Health -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Military Personnel -- history
- Self Care -- history
- Environment
- American Civil War
- Military Hygiene -- history
- Military Medicine -- history
- E621 .N388 2013
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Includes bibliographies and index.
Health and the American populace before 1862 -- At war with nature -- Soldiers and official military health care -- Becoming a seasoned soldier -- Straggling and the limits of self-care -- Conclusion: self-care beyond 1862.
Using soldiers' letters, diaries and memoirs, plus a wealth of additional personal accounts, medical sources, newspapers and government documents, Meier reveals how soldiers strove to maintain their physical and mental health by combating their deadliest enemy - nature.
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