Death, Disease, and Life at War: The Civil War Letters of Surgeon James D. Benton, 111th and 98th New York Infantry Regiments, 1862-1865 (Christopher E. Loperfido - DLM) shirt 5" wide at base

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This book uses hundreds of contemporary newspaper articles

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From the Defenses of Washington to Chancellorsville

The blows his army landed were nothing like the Confederates had experienced before

Death, Disease, and Life at War: The Civil War Letters of Surgeon James D. Benton, 111th and 98th New York Infantry Regiments, 1862-1865 (Christopher E. Loperfido - DLM) shirt 5" wide at baseDeath, Disease, and Life at War: The Civil War Letters of Surgeon James D. Benton, 111th and 98th New York Infantry Regiments, 1862 1865 by Christopher Loperfido Union surgeon James Dana Benton witnessed firsthand the suffering and death brought about by the ghastly wounds, infections, and diseases that wreaked havoc to both the Union and Confederate armies. A native of New York, Dr. Benton penned a series of letters throughout the war to his family