Author: Johnson, Charles Beneulyn
Title: Muskets and Medicine or, Army Life In The Sixties
Description: Philadelphia, F. A. Davis Company, 1917. First printing. Hardcover. pp. 276. 8vo. Blue cloth with black rules and lettering. Black & white frontispiece, all illustrations present as called-for. Spine sunned, edges a bit frayed, date stamp to front free endpaper, minor age-toning to contents; good+. Scarce. Broadfoot p236. A first-hand account of Civil War medical service. Johnson enlisted as an infantryman in 1862; in 1863 he became a hospital orderly, then Steward. After the war Johnson eventually became an MD. He practised into the 20th century, and also authored several books.

Keywords: Medical History; American Civil War; Biography; illinois volunteer infantry; medicine; hospital steward


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