Bibliograph

Shepherdstown in the Civil War, one vast confederate hospital, Kevin R. Pawlak

Type

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Shepherdstown in the Civil War, one vast confederate hospital, Kevin R. Pawlak

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Shepherdstown in the Civil War

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Kevin R. Pawlak

Sub title

one vast confederate hospital

Summary

Because they were situated near the Mason-Dixon line, Shepherdstown residents witnessed the realities of the Civil War firsthand. Marching armies, sounds of battle and fear of war had arrived on their doorsteps by the summer of 1862. The Maryland Campaign of September 1862 brought thousands of wounded Confederates into the town's homes, churches and warehouses. The story of Shepherdstown's transformation into "one vast hospital" recounts nightmarish scenes of Confederate soldiers under the caring hands of an army of surgeons and civilians. Author Kevin R. Pawlak retraces the horrific accounts of Shepherdstown as a Civil War hospital town

Target audience

adult

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