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Geddings, Eli, 1799-1878 Outlines of a course of lectures on the principles and practice of surgery Charleston: S. G. Courtenay & Co., 1858 First edition. Geddings received the first degree in the first commencement of the Medical College of South Caroline in 1825. He later served as a surgeon for the Confederacy.
Gillett, Mary C. The Army Medical Department 1865-1917 Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, 1995  
Glazier, Willard W. The capture, the prison pen, and the escape, giving a complete history of prison life in the South... Hartford, CT: H. E. Goodwin, 1869 [c1865]  
Goffres, Joseph Marie, 1808-1867 Illustrated system of bandaging (Selected from Goffres' Précis de Bandages) by order of the Surgeon-General Bohemian Brigade Bookshop and Publisher, 1998 Reprint of the original 1864 edition (Richmond, VA: Ayres & Wade)
Goffres, Joseph Marie, 1808-1867 Précis iconographique de bandages, pansements et appareils Paris: Méquinon-Marvis, 1858  
Goldsmith, Middleton, 1818-1887 A report on hospital gangrene, erysipelas and pyaemia, as observed in the departments of Ohio and the Cumberland, with cases appended ...  Louisville, KY: Bradley & Gilbert, 1863  
Goss, Warren Lee, 1835-1925 The soldier’s story of his captivity at Andersonville…. Boston: Lea & Shepard, 1866 First edition. Library has 2 copies.
Grace, William. The army surgeon’s manual, for the use of medical officers, cadets, chaplains, and hospital stewards, containing the regulations for the medical department, all general orders from the War Department, and circular from the Surgeon-General’s Office... 1861 to ...1864 New York: Bailliere Brothers, 1864 Library also has 1992 Norman Publishing reprint (American Civil War Medical Series, no.10).
Gray, Asa Field, forest, and garden botany, a simple introduction to the common plants of the United States east of the Mississippi, both wild and cultivated New York: Ivison, Phinney, Blakeman, & Co., 1869 Although designed as a general survey of all plants east of the Mississippi, this monograph by a pioneer in American botany includes many plants and herbs that were used in medications during the Civil War.  
Great Britain. Sanitary Commission Advice as to camping Washington : s. n., 1861 U. S. Sanitary Commission Series No. 28
Green, Horace, 1802-1866 Selections from favorite prescriptions of living American practitioners New York: J. Wiley, 1860  
Greenleaf, Charles R., 1838-1911 A manual for the medical officers of the United States Army San Francisco: Norman Publishing, 1992 Reprint (American Civil War Medical Series, no. 9). Originally published: Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1864.
Gross, Samuel David, 1805-1884 History of American medical literature: From 1776 to the present time New York: Burt Frankling, 1972 Reprinted from the original Philadelphia: Collins, 1876 edition.
Gross, Samuel David, 1805-1884 A manual of military surgery; or, hints on the emergencies in the field, camp and hospital practice Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1861 Library has a second copy with the imprint of Augusta, Ga., printers Steam Power Press Chronicle & Sentinel, 1861. Library also has 1988 Norman Publishing reprint (American Civil War Surgery Series, no. 1).
Gross, Samuel David, 1805-1884 Practical observations on the nature and treatment of tuberculosis of the hip-joint Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott and Co., 1858 Republished from the North American Medico-Chirurgical Review for July, 1858.
Gross, Samuel David, 1805-1884 A practical treatise on the diseases, injuries, and malformations of the urinary bladder, the prostate gland, and the urethra Philadelphia: Blanchard and Lea, 1855  
Gross, Samuel David, 1805-1884 A system of surgery Philadelphia: Blanchard & Lea, 1862  
Gunn, Jane Augusta Terry Memorial sketches of Doctor Moses Gunn, by his wife. With extracts from his letters and eulogistic tributes from his colleagues and friends Chicago: W. T. Keener, 1889 During the War, Dr. Gunn was surgeon of the 5th Michigan Infantry.
Guthrie, George James, 1785-1856 Directions to army surgeons on the field of battle [Washington, 1861] 2nd edition. Sanitary Commission Series No. 14.
Guthrie, George James, 1785-1856 Directions to army surgeons on the field of battle [New York: United States Sanitary Commission, 1861] Adopted by the Commission and printed for the use of U.S.A. surgeons by order of Fred. Law Olmsted.

3rd edition. Sanitary Commission Series v. B

Hadley, John Vestal, 1840-1915 Seven months a prisoner: or, thirty-six days in the woods…. by an Indiana soldier Indianapolis: J. M. & F. J. Meikel & Co., Printers, 1868  
Hagerman, Keppel Dearest of captains: a biography of Sally Louisa Tompkins White Stone, Va.: Brandylane Publishers, 1996.  
Hall, William Whitty, 1810-1876 Soldier-health ...  New York: H. B. Price, 1861 Pages 104-110 include Union and Confederate statistics (e.g. the names of forts, ships, salaries of officers, enlisted men).
Hamilton, Frank Hastings, 1813-1886 A practical treatise on fractures and dislocations Philadelphia: Blanchard & Lea, 1860 Library also has 3rd edition, revised and improved (Philadelphia : Henry C. Lea, 1866.)

Library also has reprint (San Francisco: Norman Publishing, 1991.)

Hamilton, Frank Hastings, 1813-1886 A practical treatise on military surgery New York: Bailliere Brothers, 1861  
Hamilton, Frank Hastings, 1813-1886 A treatise on military surgery and hygiene New York: Bailliere Brothers, 1865 Presentation copy from author to grandson "Frank H. Hamilton to my grandson Frank H. Hamilton, Jr." on title-page.
Hammond, William Alexander, 1828-1900 Defence of Brig. Gen'l Wm. A. Hammond, Surgeon General, U.S. Army [Washington?, 1864]  
Hammond, William Alexander, 1828-1900 Military medical and surgical essays : prepared for the United States Sanitary Commission Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1864  
Hammond, William Alexander, 1828-1900 Physiological memoirs Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1863  
Hammond, William Alexander, 1828-1900 A treatise on hygiene with special reference to the military service Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1863 First edition. Hammond was Surgeon General at the time he wrote this book. Library also has 1991 Norman Publishing reprint (American Civil war Medical Series, no. 5).
Hammond, William Alexander, 1828-1900 Two reports on the condition of military hospitals at Grafton, Va., and Cumberland, Md. New York: W. C. Bryant & Co., Printers, 1862 Sanitary Commission Series No. 41.
Hancock, Cornelia; Henrietta Stratton Jaquette, ed. South after Gettysburg: Letters of Cornelia Hancock 1863-1868 New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1956  
Hard, Abner History of the eighth cavalry regiment, Illinois volunteers: during the great rebellion Dayton, OH: Press of Morningside Bookshop, 1996 Facsimile reprint. Originally published: Aurora, IL: 1868. 
Harris, Chapin A. A Dictionary of medical terminology, dental surgery, and the collateral sciences Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston, 1855  
Hartshorne, Henry, 1823-1897 Memoranda medica; or, note-book of medical principles Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1860  
Harvey, Joseph Pharmacy recipe notebook from 1862 Philadelphia, 1862? Includes pharmaceutical recipes.
Harwell, Richard Barksdale In tall cotton: the 200 most important Confederate books for the reader, researcher and collector Austin, TX: Jenkins Publishing Company, 1978  
Hassall, Arthur Hill The Microscopic anatomy of the human body, in health and disease New York: Samuel S. & William Wood, 1855 In two volumes.
Hawks, Esther Hill, 1833-1906 A woman doctor’s Civil War: Esther Hill Hawks diary Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1984  
Headley, Joel Tyler, 1813-1897 The great rebellion: a history of the Civil War in the United States Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Co., 1866 In two volumes.
Hechtlinger, Adelaide The great patent medicine era or without benefit of doctor New York: Galahad Books, 1970  
Henderson, Thomas, 1789-1854 Hints on the medical examination of recruits for the army: and on the discharge of soldiers from service on surgeon's certificates Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1856 New edition, revised.
Henry, John N.; John Michael Priest, ed. Turn them out to die like a mule: the Civil War letters of John N. Henry, 49th New York, 1862-1865 Leesburg, VA.: Gauley Mount Press, 1995  
Hinds, Thomas Tales of war times: being the adventures of Thomas Hinds during the American Civil War Watertown, N.Y.: Herald, 1904  
  History of the Great Western Sanitary Fair Cincinnati: C.F. Vent & Co. [1864] Published anonymously. Compiled by Charles Brandon Boynton.
Hodges, Richard M. The excision of joints Boston: [Welch, Bigelow, and Co.], 1861  
Hodgkins, J. E.; Kenneth C. Turino, ed. The Civil War Diary of Lieut. J. E. Hodgkins, 19th Massachusetts Volunteers from August 11, 1862 to June 3, 1865 Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1994  
Hoge, Mrs. A. H. Boys in blue; or heroes of the "rank and file" New York: E. B. Treat & Co., 1867 "Incidents and reminiscences from camp, battle-field, and hospital..."
Holland, Mary A. Gardner Our army nurses, interesting sketches, addresses and photographs on nearly one hundred of the noble women ... Boston: B. Wilkins & Co., 1895  
Holley, Howard Lamar, 1914-1988 The history of medicine in Alabama University, AL: University of Alabama Press, 1982 Contains a chapter on the Civil War. Lists all known Alabama Confederate military hospitals.
Holmes, Clayton Wood The Elmira prison camp: a history of the military prison at Elmira, N.Y., July 6, 1864 to July 10, 1865 New York: Knickerbocker, 1912  
Holstein, Anna Morris (Ellis) Three years in field hospitals of the Army of the Potomac Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1867  
Hosmer, George Washington, 1804-1881 Report of delegates from the General Aid Society for the Army, at Buffalo, N.Y.: to visit the government hospitals, and the agencies of the United States Sanitary Commission Buffalo: Franklin Steam Printing House, 1862 Includes a list of supplies wanted for the hospitals (p. 15-16).
 
Houck, Peter W. A prototype of a Confederate hospital center in Lynchburg, Virginia Lynchburg, VA: Warwick House Publishing, 1986  
Howe, Julia Ward Reminiscences 1819-1899 Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1899 [In Main Reynolds Collection]
Howe, Samuel G. A letter on the sanitary condition of the troops in the neighborhood of Boston, addressed to his Excellency the Governor of Massachusetts Washington: Govt. Print. Off., 1861  
Hughes, Louis Thirty years a slave. From bondage to freedom. Milwaukee: South Side Printing Co., 1897  
Hurn, Ethel Alice Wisconsin women in the war between the states [Madison]: Wisconsin History Commission, 1911 Wisconsin History Commission: Original Papers, no.6
Hyde, Solon; Neil Thompson, ed. A captive of war Shippensburg, PA: Burd Street Press, 1996 Second printing of the first edition (New York, McClure, Philips & Co., 1900).
Indiana Sanitary Commission Report of the Indiana Sanitary Commission made to the Governor, January 2, 1865 Indianapolis: W.R. Holloway, 1865  
Jacobs, Joseph Some of the drug conditions during the War between the States, 1861-1865 [Philadelphia: American Pharmaceutical Association, 1898?] Reprinted from the Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association for 1898.  
Jeffrey, William H. Richmond prisons 1861-1862: compiled from the original records kept by the Confederate government St. Johnsbury, [VT]: The Republican Press, 1893 "Journals kept by Union prisoners of war, together with the name, rank, company, regiment and state of the four thousand who were confined there"
John Weiss and Son Catalogue of surgical instruments, apparatus, appliances, etc. San Francisco: Norman Publishing, 1991

Reprint. Originally published: London: M. S. Rickerby, 1863. 

In: Surgical and dental instrument catalogues from the Civil War era: Snowden and Brother (1860) and John Weiss and Son (1863).

Johnson, Charles Beneulyn Muskets and medicine or army life in the sixties Philadelphia: F. A. Davis, 1917 Library has two copies, one inscribed by the author.
Johnson, Rossiter, et al. Campfire and battlefield: an illustrated history of the campaigns and conflicts of the great Civil War
 
New York: Bryan, Taylor & Co., 1894  
Johnston, Isaac N. Four months in Libby : and the campaign against Atlanta Cincinnati: Printed at the Methodist Book Concern, for the author ; R. P. Thompson, Printer, 1864  
Jolly, Ellen Ryan Nuns of the battlefield Providence, RI: The Providence Visitor Press, 1927  
Jones, Joseph, 1833-1896 Medical and surgical memoirs: containing investigations on the geographical distribution, causes, nature, relations and treatment of various diseases, 1855-1876 New Orleans: Printed for the author, by Clark & Hofeline, 1876 3 vols. in 4. 
Jones, Joseph, 1833-1896 Researches upon "spurious vaccination," or the abnormal phenomena accompanying and following vaccination in the Confederate Army, during the recent American Civil War, 1861-1865 Nashville: University Medical Press, 1867  
Jones, Joseph, 1833-1896 Observations on malarial fever Augusta, GA: Southern Medical and Surgical Journal, 1858 Bound with Levick, James J. Report of the committee on "spotted fever, so-called". Philadelphia: Collins, printer, 1866.
Jones, Katharine MacBeth Heroines of Dixie: Confederate women tell their story of the war New York: SmithMark Publishers, 1955  
Jones, Samuel, 1820-1887 Special order no. 30 of Gen. Jones, commanding Army of Pensacola, appointing surgeon J.D. Caldwell to take the place of J. D. Grafton as Medical Director of the Army of Pensacola. Signed Brig. Gen. Jones, Chas. J. Stringfellow Feb. 2, 1862  
Kean, Robert Garlick Hill (Edward Younger, ed.) Inside the Confederate government: the diary of Robert Garlick Hill Kean New York: Oxford University Press, 1957 Kean, head of the Confederate Bureau of War, included many medical comments in his diary.
Keiley, Anthony M., 1835-1905 In vinculis; or the prisoner of war New York: Blelock & Co., 1866  
Kellogg, Florence Shaw Mother Bickerdyke as I knew her Chicago: Unity Pub. Co., 1907.  
Kellogg, John Azor Capture and escape: a narrative of army and prison life [Madison]: Wisconsin History Commission, 1908 Wisconsin History Commission: Original Papers, no.2
Kellogg, Robert H. Life and death in Rebel prisons: giving a complete history of the inhuman and barbarous treatment of our brave soldiers by Rebel authorities, inflicting terrible suffering and frightful mortality, principally at Andersonville, Ga., and Florence, S.C. Hartford, CT: L. Stebbins, 1865 First edition.
Keyes, E. L. (Edward Lawrence), 1843-1924 Lewis Atterbury Stimson, M.D. New York: Knickerbocker Press, 1918. Contents - In memoriam: Lewis Atterbury Stimson, M.D. [by E. L. Keyes] -- Civil War memories of Lewis A. Stimson.
 
King, John H. Three hundred days in a Yankee prison: reminiscences of war life captivity, imprisonment at Camp Chase Ohio Kennesaw, GA: Continental Book Company, 1959 Reprint. Originally published: Atlanta: Jas. P. Daves, 1904.
Knapp, Frederick N., 1821-1889 Fifth report concerning the aid and comfort given by the Sanitary Commission to sick and invalid soldiers Washington: U.S. Sanitary Commission, 1863. Sanitary Commission Series No. 77.
Knapp, Frederick N., 1821-1889 Fourth report concerning the aid and comfort given by the Sanitary Commission: to sick soldiers passing through Washington Washington: [United States Sanitary Commission], 1862 Sanitary Commission Series No. 59.
 
Knapp, Frederick N., 1821-1889 Report concerning the aid and comfort given by the Sanitary Commission to sick and invalid soldiers, for the quarter ending June 30, 1865 Washington: [s. n.], 1865  
Knapp, Frederick N., 1821-1889 Report concerning the aid and comfort given by the Sanitary Commission to sick soldiers found at the railroad station Washington: The Commission, 1861 Sanitary Commission Series No. 29.
Knapp, Frederick N., 1821-1889 Supplement to fourth report (of Dec. 15th, 1862) concerning the aid and comfort given by the Sanitary Commission to sick soldiers passing through Washington Washington: The Commission, 1863 Sanitary Commission Series No. 59 suppl.
Knapp, Frederick N., 1821-1889 Third report concerning the aid and comfort given by the Sanitary Commission to sick soldiers passing through Washington Washington: United States Sanitary Commission, 1862 Sanitary Commission Series No. 39.
Knapp, Frederick N., 1821-1889 Two reports concerning the aid and comfort given by the Sanitary Commission: to sick soldiers passing through Washington Washington: The Commission, 1861 Sanitary Commission Series No. 35.
Knauss, William H. The story of Camp Chase: a history of the prison and its cemetery, together with other cemeteries where Confederate prisoners are buried, etc. Nashville, Tenn.: Publishing House of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Smith & Lamar, agents, 1906.  
Kuz, Julian E. Orthopedic injuries of the Civil War : an atlas of orthopedic injuries and treatments during the Civil War Kennesaw, GA: Kennesaw Mountain Press, 1996  
Larson, Rebecca White roses: stories of Civil War nurses Gettysburg, PA: Thomas Publications, 1997  
Lauderdale, John Vance The wounded river: the Civil War letters of John Vance Lauderdale, M.D. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 1993 Edited by Peter Josyph.
Lawrence, Catherine S. Autobiography. Sketch of life and labors of Miss Catherine S. Lawrence... Albany, NY: James B. Lyon, 1896 "Who in early life distinguished herself as a nitter opponent of slavery and intemperence, and later in life as a nurse in the late war; and for other patriotic and philanthropic services."
Lee and Osgood, Druggists and Apothecaries Pharmacy ledger, January-June 1863 Norwich, CT, 1863  
Lee, Charles A. Remarks on the treatment of hemorrhage on the battlefield Albany, NY: Charles van Benthutsen, 1862 In Transactions of the Medical Society of the State of New York.
Leech, Margaret Reveille in Washington 1860-1865 New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1941  
Leidy, Joseph An elementary treatise on human anatomy Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1861 1st edition. Leidy, who was conceded to be the highest authority on the subject of human anatomy in this country, drew the 392 illustrations himself. During the Civil War, he served as acting asst. surgeon, 1862-1865, and did about 60 autopsies.
Leonard, E. D. All the daring of the soldier: Women of the Civil War armies New York:   W.W. Norton & Co., 1999  
Letterman, Jonathan, 1824-1872 Medical recollections of the Army of the Potomac New York: D. Appleton, 1866 Inscribed on flyleaf "H. L. K. Wiggin, Auburn, Me." Wiggin was the Surgeon-General of Maine.
Letterman, Jonathan, 1824-1872 Medical recollections of the Army of the Potomac by Jonathan Letterman, M.D. and Memoir of Jonathan Letterman, M.D. by Lt. Colonel Bennett A. Clements Knoxville: Bohemian Brigade Publishers, 1994  
Levick, James J.  Report of the committee on "spotted fever, so-called" Philadelphia: Collins, printer, 1866 Bound with: Jones, Joseph. Observations on malarial fever. Augusta, GA: Southern Medical and Surgical Journal, 1858.
Levy, George To die in Chicago: Confederate prisoners at Camp Douglas 1862-65 Gretna, [LA]: Pelican Publishing Co., 1999 2nd edition
Lewis, Samuel E. The treatment of prisoners-of-war 1861-1865 Richmond, VA: Wm. Ellis Jones, 1910 Lewis argues mortality among Confederates in Union prisons was greater than among Union soldiers in Confederate prisons.
Little, George and James R. Maxwell A history of Lumsden's Battery C. S. A. Tuscaloosa, AL: R. E. Rhodes Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1905  
Litvin, Martin The young Mary: 1817-1861: early years of Mother Bickerdyke, America's Florence Nightingale, and patron saint of Kansas Galesburg, Ill.: Log City Books, 1977  
Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice, 1820-1905 My story of the war: a woman's narrative of four years personal experience as nurse in the Union Army, and in relief work at home.... Hartford, Conn.: A.D. Worthington and Company, [1887]  
Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice, 1820-1905 The story of my life, or the sunshine and shadow of seventy years ...with heretofore unrecorded incidents and recollections of three years experience as an army nurse in the great Civil War... Hartford, Conn.: A.D. Worthington & Co., 1888  
Locke, E. W., 1818-1900 Three years in camp and hospital Boston: Geo. D. Russell, 1870 First edition.
Logan, Mary; George W. Adams, ed. Reminiscences of the Civil War and Reconstruction Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1970  
Longmore, Thomas, Sir, 1816-1895 A treatise on gunshot wounds Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1862 First American edition. One of the Civil War medical manuals issued by Lippincott for use in the field.
Lowry, Thomas Power The Civil War bawdy houses of Washington, D.C. : including a map of their former locations and a reprint of the Souvenir Sporting Guide for the Chicago, Illinois, GA.R. 1895 Reunion Fredericksburg, VA: Sergeant Kirkland’s, 1997 Signed by the author.
Lyle, W. W. Lights and shadows of army life: or, pen pictures from the battlefield, the camp, and the hospital Cincinnati: R. W. Carroll & Co., 1865 2nd edition.
Lynn, John Worth 800 paces to hell: Andersonville: a compilation of known facts and persistent rumors Fredericksburg, VA: Sergeant Kirkland's Museum and Historical Society, c1999  
McAdams, Benton Rebels at Rock Island: the story of a Civil War prison DeKalb, IL: Northern Illinois University Press, 2000  
McCawley, Patrick J. Artificial limbs for Confederate soldiers [NP]: South Carolina Department of Archives & History, 1992  
McGuire, Hunter Holmes, 1835-1900 Last wound of the late General Stonewall Jackson Lynchburg, VA: Warwick House Publishing, [n. d.] Reprinted in its entirety from a May 1866 issue of The Richmond Medical Journal (from the Introduction).
McKay, Charlotte E. Stories of hospital and camp Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1876  
Macleod, George Husband Baird, 1828-1892 Notes on the surgery of the war in the Crimea, with remarks on the treatment of gunshot wounds Richmond, VA: J. W. Randolph, 1862 First edition.
Macleod, George Husband Baird, 1828-1892 Outlines of surgical diagnosis New York: Bailliere Brothers, 1864 "First American edition, reprinted from advance sheets."
Maher, Mary Denis "To do with honor": the Roman Catholic sister nurse in the United States Civil War Thesis (Ph. D.)--Case Western Reserve University, 1988.  
Maile, John L. Prison life in Andersonville with special reference to the opening of Providence Spring Los Angeles: Grafton Publishing Co., 1912  
Manigault, Arthur M.  A Carolinian goes to war Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1983 1st edition. Manigault, commanding officer of the 10th South Carolina, describes the illness in the Corinth, Miss. after the Battle of Shiloh.
Marshall, Mary Louise Medicine in the Confederacy [N. P.]: 1942 Reprinted from the Bulletin of the Medical Library Association, Vol. 30, No. 4, July, 1942.  
Marshall, Mary Louise Nurse heroines of the Confederacy 1957 Extracted from: Bulletin of the Medical Library Association, July 1957, pp. 319-336.
Massey, Mary Elizabeth Bonnet brigades New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1966  
Massey, Mary Elizabeth Ersatz in the Confederacy Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1952  
Maxwell, William Q. Lincoln's fifth wheel: The political history of the United States Sanitary Commission New York: Longmans, 1956  
Meaney, Peter J. The prison ministry of Father Peter Whelan: Georgia priest and Confederate chaplain Athens, Ga., etc.: Georgia Historical Society, 1987 Reprinted from the Georgia Historical Quarterly, vol. 71, no. 1 (spring 1987).
  [Medical and surgical monographs] 1862-64 A collection of 19 monographs concerning issues of military medicine during the Civil War bound into one volume. Many are publications of the United States Sanitary Commission. Check Lister Hill Library's online catalog for a list of monographs included.
  Medical recipe book from Stoystown, Pennsylvania Stoystown, PA, 1866  
Medical Society of the State of New York Transactions of the Medical Society of the State of New York Albany, NY: [s. n.], 1858, 1863-1864 Volumes for 1863-1864 contain articles on Civil War medicine.
Medical Society of Virginia Confederate medicine, 1861-1865 / presented by the Medical Society of Virginia with the cooperation of the Richmond Academy of Medicine and the Virginia Civil War Commission [Richmond, Va.: The Society, 1961]

 

Reprint of the Virginia Medical Monthly, vol. 88, no. 10, pages 573-628
Mescher, Virginia Historic uses of herbs in the mid-nineteenth century and home remedies, including medical, beauty, and household usages of herbs Burke, VA: Nature’s Finest, 1993  
Mitchell, John Kearlsey, 1859-1917 Remote consequences of injuries of nerves, and their treatment. An examination of the present condition of wounds received 1863-65, with additional illustrative cases Philadelphia: Lea Brothers & Co., 1895 [LHL Collection]
Mitchell, Silas Weir, 1829-1914 Gunshot wounds and other injuries of nerves San Francisco: Norman Publishing, 1989 American Civil War Surgery Series; 3. Reprint. Originally published: Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1864.
Mitchell, Silas Weir, 1829-1914 Injuries of the nerves and their consequences Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1872 First edition. S. Weir Mitchell, one of the great figures of American medicine, based this classic work on his extensive experiences during the Civil War while working at the Turner’s Lane Hospital in Philadelphia. There he treated hundreds of soldiers with peripheral nerve wounds.
Mitchell, Silas Weir, 1829-1914 The medical department in the Civil War Chicago: American Medical Association, 1914 Reprinted from The Journal of the American Medical Association, May 9, 1914, vol. LXII, pp. 1445-1450.
Monteiro, Aristides War reminiscences by the surgeon of Mosby’s command Richmond, VA: [s. n.], 1890  
Moore, Frank, 1828-1904 Women of the war: their heroism and self-sacrifice Hartford, Conn.: S.S. Scranton, 1866  
Moore, Samuel Preston, 1813-1889 A manual of military surgery: prepared for the use of the Confederate States Army by order of the Surgeon-General Richmond: Ayres & Wade, 1863 First edition. Written by order of the Confederate States of America Surgeon General's Office. Library also has 1989 reprint published by Norman Publishing (American Civil War Surgery Series, no. 2).
Moore, Samuel Preston, 1813-1889 Regulations for the army of the Confederate States San Francisco: Norman Publishing, 1992 Reprint (American Civil War Medical Series, no.8). Biographical introduction on Samuel Preston Moore by Ira M. Rutkow. Contains the regulations of the C.S.A. Medical Department. Library also has 1862 original (see Confederate States of American War Dept.).
Morris, Sylvia Burbank Jerome: to my beloved companion. Letters of a Civil War surgeon to his wife at home... Cullman, AL: Sylvia Morris, 1996 Jerome was a Wisconsin surgeon in the Union Army.
Morrison, James A. Personal diary 1863-1864 Bound with financial accounts lists at end; accompanied by genealogical research including photocopies of muster rolls.
Morton, William Thomas Green, 1819-1868 The use of ether as an anesthetic at the Battle of the Wilderness in the Civil War Chicago: American Medical Association, 1904  
Mott, Valentine, 1785-1865 Pain and anaesthetics: an essay, introductory to a series of surgical and medical monographs Washington: Government Printing Office, 1862 Prepared by request of the Sanitary Commission.
Mottelay, Paul F. & T. Campbell-Copeland (Eds.) The Soldier in our Civil War: a pictorial history of the conflict, 1861-1865, illustrating the valor of the soldier as displayed on the battlefield / from sketches drawn by Forbes ... [et al.] New York: Stanley Bradley Pub. Co., 1890  
Munden, Kenneth White The Union: a guide to federal archives relating to the Civil War Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 1998 Originally published: Guide to federal archives relating to the Civil War.
Murphy, John M. & Howard Michael Madaus Confederate rifles and muskets: infantry small arms manufactured in the Southern Confederacy, 1861-1865 Newport Beach, CA: Graphic Publishers, 1996  
Murray, George W. A History of George W. Murray, and his long confinement at Andersonville, Ga. Also the starvation and death of his three brothers, at the same place. Northampton, MA: Trumbull & Gere, 1865?  
Murray, John Ogden, 1840-1921 The immortal six hundred: a story of cruelty to Confederate prisoners of war Winchester, Va.: Eddy Press, 1905  
Musicant, Ivan Divided waters: the naval history of the Civil War [New York]: Harper Collins Publishers, 1995  
Neil, Alexander, 1838-1901; Richard R. Duncan, ed. Alexander Neil and the last Shenandoah Valley Campaign: letters of an army surgeon to his family, 1864 Shippensburg, PA: White Mane Publishing Co., 1996  
New York Academy of Medicine Report of committee on military surgery to the surgical section of the New York Academy of Medicine Knoxville, TN: Bohemian Brigade, 1996 Reprint. Originally published in 1861 by S. S. & W. Wood in New York. Title on cover: "Report on military hygiene and therapeutics."
Newberry, John Strong, 1822-1892 Report on the condition of the troops, and the operations of the Sanitary Commission in the valley of the Mississippi: for the three months ending November 30th, 1861 Cleveland: Fairbanks Benedict & Co., 1861 Sanitary Commission Series No. 36.
Newberry, John Strong, 1822-1892 Report on the sanitary condition of the U.S. troops in the Mississippi Valley during the month of August S.l.: U.S. Sanitary Commission, 1861 Sanitary Commission Series No. 27.
Newberry, John Strong, 1822-1892 A visit to Fort Donelson, Tenn., for the relief of the wounded of Feb'y 15, 1862: a letter New York: The Commission, 1862 Sanitary Commission Series No. 42.
Newcomb, Mary A. Four years of personal reminiscences of the war Chicago: H. S. Mills & Co., 1893 Signed: Mary A. Newcomb
Nightingale, Florence 1820-1910 Notes on hospitals....With evidence given to the Royal Commission ERS on the state of the army in 1857 London: John W. Parker and Son, 1859 First edition. In the present work, Nightingale applied her extensive knowledge of military hospitals to their civilian counterparts, which she discovered to be just as poorly designed and administered. It was her revolutionary thesis that the high rate of mortality, then invariable in large hospitals, was preventable and unnecessary. It was the most exhaustive study to date of hospital planning and administration.  
Noll, Arthur Howard, ed. Doctor Quintard, Chaplain C. S. A. and Second Bishop of Tennessee: being his story of the war (1861-1865) Harrisonburg, VA: Sprinkle Publications, 1999 Reprint of original edition, published in 1905 by University Press of Sewanee Tennessee.
  Notes of hospital life from November, 1861, to August, 1863 Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1864  
Nott, Charles C. Sketches in prison camps: a continuation of Sketches of the war New York: A. D. F. Randolph, 1865 (New York: John J. Reed) Experiences in two Texas prison camps, Camp Groce and Camp Ford.
Oakes, Sr. Mary Paulinus Angels of mercy: an eyewitness account of Civil War and yellow fever by a Sister of Mercy Baltimore: Cathedral Foundation Press, 1998  
Olmsted, Frederic Law, 1822-1903 Hospital transports: a memoir of the embarkation of the sick and wounded from the peninsula of Virginia in the summer of 1862 Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1863 First edition. Library owns 2 copies.
Olmsted, Frederic Law, 1822-1903 Report of a preliminary survey of the camps of a portion of the volunteer forces near Washington Washington: The Commission, 1861. Sanitary Commission Series No. 16.

By the Resident Secretary, Fred. Law Olmsted.

Olmsted, Frederic Law, 1822-1903 Revised general instructions for camp inspections Washington: The Commission, 1862 Sanitary Commission Series No. 51.
Olmsted, Frederic Law, 1822-1903 Rules of the central office Washington: The Commission, 1862 Sanitary Commission Series No. 53. Proposal for the Sanitary Commission.
 
Olmsted, Frederic Law, 1822-1903 What they have to do who stay at home: November, 1862 Washington: s. n., 1862 Sanitary Commission Series No. 50.
Olnhausen, Mary Phinney von; James Phinney Munroe, ed. Adventures of an army nurse in two wars Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 1903 Edited from the diary and correspondence of Mary Phinney von Olnhausen.
  Opium Eating. An autobiographical sketch. By an habituate Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1876 First edition. "Very vivid descriptions of the diseases and hardships of Andersonville and Florence..." Nevins, 1:199. The author enlisted in the Army as a drummer in 1861 at the age of 16. Two years later he was captured and moved to various prison camps in Richmond, Danville, and finally Andersonville. He describes the wounds, illnesses, and sanitary conditions in detail.
Ordronaux, John, 1830-1908 Hints on health in armies, for the use of volunteer officers New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1863 2nd edition, with additions.
Ordronaux, John, 1830-1908 Hints on the preservation of health in armies for the use of volunteer officers and soldiers San Francisco: Norman Publishing, 1990 Reprint (American Civil War Medical Series, no. 1). Originally published: New York: Appleton, 1861. Bound with Manual of instructions for military surgeons (orig. pub: New York: Van Nostrand, 1863).
Ordronaux, John, 1830-1908 Manual of instructions for military surgeons on the examination of recruits and discharge of soldiers San Francisco: Norman Publishing, 1990 Reprint (American Civil War Medical Series, no.1). Originally published: New York: Van Nostrand, 1863. Bound with Hints on the preservation of health in armies (orig. pub: New York: Appleton, 1861).
Ordronaux, John, 1830-1908 Report to the U.S. Sanitary Commission: on a system for the economical relief of disabled soldiers, and on certain proposed amendments to our present pension laws New York: Sanford, Harroun & Co., 1864  
Otis, George Alexander, 1830-1881 A report of surgical cases treated in the Army of the United States from 1865 to 1871 Washington: Govt. Print. Off., 1871 Circular No. 3.
Otis, George Alexander, 1830-1881 A report on amputations at the hip-joint in military surgery Washington: Govt. Print. Off., 1867 Circular No. 7. Contains Otis' first surgical case report derived from Civil War experiences. Noted for spectacular plates. Library's copy 2 bound with spine title: Hip-joint amputations.
Otis, George Alexander, 1830-1881 A report on excisions of the head of the femur for gunshot injury Washington: Govt. Print. Off., 1869 Circular No. 2.
Otis, George Alexander, 1830-1881 A report to the Surgeon-General on the transport of the sick and wounded by pack animals… Washington: Govt. Print. Off., 1877  
Owen, Urban Grammar, 1833-1903 Letters to Laura : a Confederate surgeon's impressions of four years of war Nashville, Tenn. : Tunstede, c1996. Letters written by Urban Grammar Owen to his wife Laura Ann Dobson Owen between 1861 and 1865.

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