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Dissertation: Civil War Medicine at Shiloh (April 6–7, 1862): A Comparative Study of the Quality of Care Delivered by the Army Medical Services and Medical Steamers of the Western Sanitary Commission

Apr 11, 2023 | American Civil War, Featured

Greetings to all, This is my third dissertation video. My dissertation began when I read a report by Dr. Phelps of the United States Volunteers on the medical care at the Battle of Pittsburg Landing (Shiloh), April 6–7, 1862. He wrote, “The sufferer [wounded] had not...

Preliminary Dissertation Topic and Research Methodology.

Apr 1, 2022 | American Civil War, Civil War Medicine, Dissertation

Greetings, Welcome to Kev’s introductory blog on the first steps taken towards researching and writing his dissertation. The research topic looks at the hospital ships used in the Western Theater of operations during the Civil War. Specifically, the hospital...