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Author Meier, Kathryn Shively.

Title Nature's Civil War : common soldiers and the environment in 1862 Virginia / Kathryn Shively Meier.

Publication Info. Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2013.
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Description 1 online resource.
data file
Physical Medium polychrome
Series Civil War America
Civil War America.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Summary 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.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Health aspects.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Environmental aspects -- Virginia.
Self-care, Health -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century.
Self-care, Health.
Virginia.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Self-care, Health -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
United States.
Military life -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century.
Military life -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865)
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Added Title Common soldiers and the environment in 1862 Virginia
Other Form: Print version: Meier, Kathryn Shively. Nature's Civil War. Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2013 9781469610764 (DLC) 2013015620 (OCoLC)838415638
ISBN 9781469612607 (electronic book)
1469612607 (electronic book)
9781469610771 (electronic book)
1469610779 (electronic book)
9781469610764
1469610760

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