Practicing medicine in a black regiment : the Civil War diary of Burt G. Wilder, 55th Massachusetts

Practicing medicine in a black regiment : the Civil War diary of Burt G. Wilder, 55th Massachusetts /

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"In early 1863, in the aftermath of Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, Massachusetts began recruiting black soldiers to serve in the Civil War. Burt Green Wilder, a Boston-born, Harvard educated doctor-in-training, was among the first white officers commissioned to staff the 55th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wilder, Burt G. (Burt Green), 1841-1925
Other Authors: Reid, Richard M., 1943-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, ©2010.
Subjects:
Wilder, Burt G. > (Burt Green), > 1841-1925 > Diaries.
Wilder, Burt G. > (Burt Green), > 1841-1925.
United States. > Army > Surgeons > Diaries.
United States. > Army. > Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 55th (1863-1865)
United States > Army. > Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 55th (1863-1865)
Surgeons > Massachusetts > Diaries.
Massachusetts > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Participation, African American.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Participation, African American.
Massachusetts > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Medical care.
Personal Narrative
Diary
diaries.
Diaries.
Personal narratives.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • The Civil War Diary of Burt Green Wilder, 1863-1865
  • A Selected Bibliography of B. G. Wilder
  • Index
  • Illustrations follow page 156
  • Back Cover.

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