"Too much for human endurance" : the George Spangler farm hospitals and the Battle of Gettysburg /
Using a massive array of firsthand accounts, Kirkwood recreates 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 pai...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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El Dorado Hills, California :
Savas Beatie,
[2019]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | Using a massive array of firsthand accounts, Kirkwood recreates 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. |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 395 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [373]-382) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781611214512 1611214513 |