Bodies in Blue: Disability in the Civil War North

204 Pages·2019·7.783 MB·English

by  Sarah Handley-Cousins

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Bodies in Blue
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Series Editors
Stephen Berry, Amy Murrell Taylor,
University of Georgia University of Kentucky
Advisory Board
Edward L. Ayers, James Marten,
University of Richmond Marquette University
Catherine Clinton, Scott Nelson,
University of Texas at College of William &
San Antonio Mary
J. Matthew Gallman, Daniel E. Sutherland,
University of Florida University of Arkansas
Elizabeth Leonard, Elizabeth Varon,
Colby College University of Virginia
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Bodies in Blue
Disability in the Civil War North
sarah handley- cousins
The University of Georgia Press Athens
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© 2019 by the University of Georgia Press
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Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data
Names: Handley-Cousins, Sarah, 1984– author.
Title: Bodies in blue : disability in the Civil War north / Sarah Handley-Cousins.
Other titles: Physical wreck of his former self
Description: Athens : The University of Georgia Press, [2019] | Series: Uncivil wars |
Revision of author’s thesis (doctoral)—State University of New York at Buffalo, 2016, titled
“A physical wreck of his former self” : gender and disability in the post Civil War north. |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: lccn 2018049579| isbn 9780820355184 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
isbn 9780820355191 (ebook)
Subjects: lcsh: Disabled veterans—United States—History—19th century. |
United States—History—Civil War, 1861–1865—Veterans. | Masculinity—
Social aspects—United States—19th century.
Classification: lcc e621 .h324 2019 | ddc 305.9/08097309034—dc23
lc record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018049579
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For my mom, Debra
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O you regiments so piteous, with your mortal diarrhea! with your fever!
O my land’s maimed darlings! with the plenteous bloody bandage and the
crutch!
—Walt Whitman, “A Carol of Harvest for 1867”
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contents
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction
Disability and the American Civil War 1
Chapter 1
Gather the Invalids 11
Chapter 2
Army of the Walking Sick 33
Chapter 3
The United States Government Is Entitled to All of You 51
Chapter 4
The Disabled Lion of Union 71
Chapter 5
Man or Mercenary 95
Chapter 6
The Long, Long Years of Misery 115
Epilogue 133
Notes 137
Bibliography 165
Index 181