Recomendations for books

[misswpaxson]

Ladies and Gentlemen,


As a person that is new to the world of living history I have been researching and reading as much as possible. So far I have tackled "Fields of Honor" by Ed Bearss, and the better part of Shelby Foote's "Civil War." The next books on the list are: "Stars in Their Courses : The Gettysburg Campaign, June-July 1863" Shelby Foote; "Cavalryman of the Lost Cause: A Biography of J. E. B. Stuart" Jeffry D. Wert, "Story the Soldiers Wouldn't Tell: Sex in the Civil War" Thomas P. Lowry M.D, "Co. Aytch:: A Confederate Memoir of the Civil War" Sam R Watkins.

Any further recommendations for general reading? Or failing that condemnations of particular works? I'm highly interested in the medical world of the day, and would appreciate a recommendation for works on that subject.






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[Spinster]

Kate Cummings, A Journal of Hospital Life

Published under more than one title, Miss Cummings' account of hospital service in the aftermath of Shiloh, in Chattanooga and in other locations is a must read for medical and social conditions of the day.

http://www.uab.edu/reynolds/cwfigs/cumming

[misswpaxson]

Thank you for the recomendation, it will be included in the next round of reading. Is "Hospital Sketches" by Louisa May Alcott found to be of any particular value?

[Spinster]

Worthwhile, but a bit more romanticized.....and coming from an entirely different social agenda.