Bibliograph

Too much for human endurance, the George Spangler farm hospitals and the Battle of Gettysburg, Ronald D. Kirkwood

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Too much for human endurance, the George Spangler farm hospitals and the Battle of Gettysburg, Ronald D. Kirkwood

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Too much for human endurance

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1048940245

Responsibility statement

Ronald D. Kirkwood

Sub title

the George Spangler farm hospitals and the Battle of Gettysburg

Summary

"Using a massive array of firsthand accounts, Kirkwood re-creates the sprawling XI Corps hospital complex and the people who labored and suffered there--especially George and Elizabeth Spangler and their four children, who built a thriving 166-acre farm only to witness it nearly destroyed when war paid them a bloody visit that summer of 1863"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

The Spanglers stayed -- An early start on the suffering -- In the middle of it all -- Restless nights (Ruch report no. 1) -- The Hovey family -- The medicine and sanitation -- A sunrise walk -- The artillery reserve to the rescue -- Pvt. George Nixon III -- Day 2 at the hospital (Ruch report no. 2) -- The granite schoolhouse hospital -- July 3, 1863 (Ruch report no. 3) -- Brig. Gen. Lewis A. Armistead -- July 4, 1863 (Ruch report no. 4) -- The Barlows at Spangler -- Nurse Rebecca Lane Pennypacker Price -- Gerrit Smith, Joseph Heeney, and Nurse Price -- Charity pours in (Ruch report no. 5) -- The Spangler surgeons (Ruch report no. 6) -- After the fight (Ruch report no. 7) -- The other Spanglers (Ruch report no. 8) -- What happened to the Spanglers -- A tour of the farm today

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