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Heavy laden : Union veterans, psychological illness, and suicide /

The psychological afteraffects of war are not just a modern-day plight. Following the Civil War, numerous soldiers returned with damaged bodies or damaged minds. Drawing on archival materials, including digitized records for more than 70, 000 white and African American Union army recruits, newspaper...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Logue, Larry M., 1947- (Author), Blanck, Peter David, 1957- (Author)
Other Authors: Saks, Elyn R., 1955- (writer of foreword.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Series:Cambridge disability, law and policy series.
Subjects:
American Civil War (1861-1865)
Veterans Health > history.
Veterans > psychology.
Combat Disorders > history.
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic > history.
Suicide > history.
American Civil War.
History, 19th Century.
United States.
Veterans > Mental health > United States > History > 19th century.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Veterans.
Post-traumatic stress disorder > United States > History > 19th century.
War neuroses > United States > History > 19th century.
Post-traumatic stress disorder.
Veterans.
Veterans > Mental health.
War neuroses.
1800-1899
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. What Is a Union Veteran?
  • 2. Changed Men
  • 3. When War Came
  • 4. Perilous Years
  • 5. Aftershocks
  • 6. Trials of Black Veterans
  • 7. Heavy Laden
  • Conclusion: This Freedom from Insanity.