Surgeons in the Civil War

Archival Summary & Scope

Explore the critical role of New Hampshire's medical personnel during the American Civil War. This book details their education, Union wartime service, and extensive post-war careers, offering a representative look at the broader Union medical effort and its lasting impact. The narrative highlights extraordinary figures like Harriet Patience Dame, a nurse with the 2nd Regiment, who endured frontline combat, survived shellfire, and faced capture. It provides a vivid, factual portrait of the individuals who shaped 19th-century medicine and endured the nation's defining conflict, with some lives extending global influence long after the war.