Description

Hardcover, red cloth lettered in gold on spine, in publisher’s unpriced and non-clipped dust-jacket. 194 pages. Bibliography, Index. Illustrated with period portrait photographs. First edition, first printing with no additional printings listed on copyright page and unpriced dust-jacket as per publisher’s practice. A specialized monograph on the history of 33 physicians (both Union and Confederate) who rose to the rank of general officer during the war, focusing on how their medical training and new-found command responsibilities were affected by the scientific limitations of the era and the institutional and administrative pressures of the organizations in which they served. Personalized previous owner’s book-plate inside front cover. A clean, fresh, tight and unmarked copy. Fine in a near fine dust-jacket.