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Francis M Wafer joined the Union's army of the Potomac as an assistant surgeon. From the battle of the Wilderness to the closing campaigns, Wafer was both participant and chronicler of the American Civil War. This book offers a collection of his diary entries during the war, his letters home, and the memoirs he wrote after returning to Canada.

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"The detail provided by Wafer in his travels and work is absolutely fascinating ... the flavour of melancholy, fear, and "gallows humour" among the troops in the camp, the sounds and spectacle of retreat, the terror of battle ..." Greg Marquis, University of New Brunswick, Saint John

A Surgeon in the Army of the Potomac

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    A Hardback by Francis M. Wafer, Cheryl A. Wells

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      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
      Publication Date: 4/15/2008 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780773533813, 978-0773533813
      ISBN10: 0773533818

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Francis M Wafer joined the Union's army of the Potomac as an assistant surgeon. From the battle of the Wilderness to the closing campaigns, Wafer was both participant and chronicler of the American Civil War. This book offers a collection of his diary entries during the war, his letters home, and the memoirs he wrote after returning to Canada.

      Trade Review
      "The detail provided by Wafer in his travels and work is absolutely fascinating ... the flavour of melancholy, fear, and "gallows humour" among the troops in the camp, the sounds and spectacle of retreat, the terror of battle ..." Greg Marquis, University of New Brunswick, Saint John

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