Bodies in Blue: Disability in the Civil War North (UnCivil Wars) - Hardcover

When we think of Civil War disabilities, our thoughts commonly turn to legions of brave amputees, navigating life with the highly visible marker of their wartime sacrifice. In this deeply researched and theoretically sophisticated book, Sarah Handley-Cousins tells a much more complex story of the illnesses and injuries that Civil War soldiers and veterans endured. . . . This is a story about how individuals and institutions battled over how bodies should be defined and categorized and treated by the state. This is a very important book.--J. Matthew Gallman "author of The North Fights the Civil War "

An innovative look at all of the disabling experiences to which northern soldiers were subjected-physical and mental, in camp and on the battlefield