Bodies in Blue: Disability in the Civil War North PDF
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FINAL PAGES Bodies in Blue FINAL PAGES Series Editors Stephen Berry, Amy Murrell Taylor, University of Georgia University of Kentucky Advisory Board Edward L. Ayers, James Marten, University of Richmond Marquette University Catherine Clinton, Scott Nelson, University of Texas at College of William & San Antonio Mary J. Matthew Gallman, Daniel E. Sutherland, University of Florida University of Arkansas Elizabeth Leonard, Elizabeth Varon, Colby College University of Virginia FINAL PAGES FINAL PAGES Bodies in Blue Disability in the Civil War North sarah handley- cousins The University of Georgia Press Athens FINAL PAGES © 2019 by the University of Georgia Press Athens, Georgia 30602 www.ugapress.org All rights reserved Set in 10.5/13 Adobe Caslon Pro by Graphic Composition, Inc., Bogart, Georgia Most University of Georgia Press titles are available from popular e- book vendors. Printed digitally Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data Names: Handley-Cousins, Sarah, 1984– author. Title: Bodies in blue : disability in the Civil War north / Sarah Handley-Cousins. Other titles: Physical wreck of his former self Description: Athens : The University of Georgia Press, [2019] | Series: Uncivil wars | Revision of author’s thesis (doctoral)—State University of New York at Buffalo, 2016, titled “A physical wreck of his former self” : gender and disability in the post Civil War north. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: lccn 2018049579| isbn 9780820355184 (hardcover ; alk. paper) | isbn 9780820355191 (ebook) Subjects: lcsh: Disabled veterans—United States—History—19th century. | United States—History—Civil War, 1861–1865—Veterans. | Masculinity— Social aspects—United States—19th century. Classification: lcc e621 .h324 2019 | ddc 305.9/08097309034—dc23 lc record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018049579 FINAL PAGES FINAL PAGES For my mom, Debra FINAL PAGES This page intentionally left blank FINAL PAGES FINAL PAGES O you regiments so piteous, with your mortal diarrhea! with your fever! O my land’s maimed darlings! with the plenteous bloody bandage and the crutch! —Walt Whitman, “A Carol of Harvest for 1867” FINAL PAGES This page intentionally left blank FINAL PAGES FINAL PAGES contents Acknowledgments xi Introduction Disability and the American Civil War 1 Chapter 1 Gather the Invalids 11 Chapter 2 Army of the Walking Sick 33 Chapter 3 The United States Government Is Entitled to All of You 51 Chapter 4 The Disabled Lion of Union 71 Chapter 5 Man or Mercenary 95 Chapter 6 The Long, Long Years of Misery 115 Epilogue 133 Notes 137 Bibliography 165 Index 181
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