The Resource Practicing medicine in a black regiment : the Civil War diary of Burt G. Wilder, 55th Massachusetts, edited by Richard M. Reid
Practicing medicine in a black regiment : the Civil War diary of Burt G. Wilder, 55th Massachusetts, edited by Richard M. Reid
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The item Practicing medicine in a black regiment : the Civil War diary of Burt G. Wilder, 55th Massachusetts, edited by Richard M. Reid represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of San Diego Libraries.
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- Summary
- "In early 1863, in the aftermath of Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, Massachusetts began recruiting black soldiers to serve in the Civil War. Burt Green Wilder, a Boston-born, Harvard educated doctor-in-training, was among the first white officers commissioned to staff the 55th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. From the time he joined the unit in May 1863 until the regiment was discharged in September 1865, Wilder recorded his experiences and observations. He described the day-to-day activities of a Civil War surgeon, the indignities suffered by black enlisted men at the hands of a War Department that denied them the same treatment offered to white troops, and the role of the regiment in the campaign around Charleston and in Florida. Service in the Southern states also allowed Wilder to indulge a passion for natural science and comparative anatomy, including the collection of unusual species, one of which -- the spider known as Nephila wilderi -- still bears his name. After the war he completed his medical studies at Harvard and joined the faculty of Cornell University, where he became a distinguished professor of zoology as well as an outspoken advocate of racial equality. In his introduction to the volume, Richard M. Reid analyzes Burt Wilder's diary and places it within the context of the war, the experience of African American troops, and Wilder's life and career"--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 282 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates)
- Note
- OldControl:muse9781613760352
- Isbn
- 9781613760352
- Label
- Practicing medicine in a black regiment : the Civil War diary of Burt G. Wilder, 55th Massachusetts
- Title
- Practicing medicine in a black regiment
- Title remainder
- the Civil War diary of Burt G. Wilder, 55th Massachusetts
- Statement of responsibility
- edited by Richard M. Reid
- Subject
-
- American Civil War (1861-1865)
- Armed Forces -- Surgeons
- Diaries
- Diary
- Electronic books
- HISTORY -- United States -- Civil War Period (1850-1877)
- History
- Massachusetts
- Massachusetts -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American
- Massachusetts -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
- Medical care
- Military participation -- African American
- Personal Narrative
- Personal narratives
- Surgeons
- Surgeons -- Massachusetts -- Diaries
- 1861 - 1865
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
- United States, Army
- United States, Army -- Surgeons -- Diaries
- United States, Army | Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 55th (1863-1865)
- United States, Army | Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 55th (1863-1865)
- Wilder, Burt G., (Burt Green), 1841-1925
- Wilder, Burt G., (Burt Green), 1841-1925 -- Diaries
- United States
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In early 1863, in the aftermath of Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, Massachusetts began recruiting black soldiers to serve in the Civil War. Burt Green Wilder, a Boston-born, Harvard educated doctor-in-training, was among the first white officers commissioned to staff the 55th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. From the time he joined the unit in May 1863 until the regiment was discharged in September 1865, Wilder recorded his experiences and observations. He described the day-to-day activities of a Civil War surgeon, the indignities suffered by black enlisted men at the hands of a War Department that denied them the same treatment offered to white troops, and the role of the regiment in the campaign around Charleston and in Florida. Service in the Southern states also allowed Wilder to indulge a passion for natural science and comparative anatomy, including the collection of unusual species, one of which -- the spider known as Nephila wilderi -- still bears his name. After the war he completed his medical studies at Harvard and joined the faculty of Cornell University, where he became a distinguished professor of zoology as well as an outspoken advocate of racial equality. In his introduction to the volume, Richard M. Reid analyzes Burt Wilder's diary and places it within the context of the war, the experience of African American troops, and Wilder's life and career"--Jacket
- Cataloging source
- CN8ML
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1841-1925
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Wilder, Burt G.
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1943-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Reid, Richard M.
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Wilder, Burt G.
- United States
- United States
- Wilder, Burt G.
- United States
- United States
- American Civil War (1861-1865)
- United States
- Surgeons
- Massachusetts
- United States
- Massachusetts
- United States
- United States
- HISTORY
- Armed Forces
- Medical care
- Military participation
- Surgeons
- Massachusetts
- United States
- Label
- Practicing medicine in a black regiment : the Civil War diary of Burt G. Wilder, 55th Massachusetts, edited by Richard M. Reid
- Note
- OldControl:muse9781613760352
- Antecedent source
- not applicable
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-273) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn794700502
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 282 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781613760352
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- not applicable
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)794700502
- Label
- Practicing medicine in a black regiment : the Civil War diary of Burt G. Wilder, 55th Massachusetts, edited by Richard M. Reid
- Note
- OldControl:muse9781613760352
- Antecedent source
- not applicable
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-273) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn794700502
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 282 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781613760352
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- not applicable
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)794700502
Subject
- American Civil War (1861-1865)
- Armed Forces -- Surgeons
- Diaries
- Diary
- Electronic books
- HISTORY -- United States -- Civil War Period (1850-1877)
- History
- Massachusetts
- Massachusetts -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American
- Massachusetts -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
- Medical care
- Military participation -- African American
- Personal Narrative
- Personal narratives
- Surgeons
- Surgeons -- Massachusetts -- Diaries
- 1861 - 1865
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
- United States, Army
- United States, Army -- Surgeons -- Diaries
- United States, Army | Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 55th (1863-1865)
- United States, Army | Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 55th (1863-1865)
- Wilder, Burt G., (Burt Green), 1841-1925
- Wilder, Burt G., (Burt Green), 1841-1925 -- Diaries
- United States
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