"A Feeling of Honorable Pride": A Surgeon’s Experience of the Civil War
Code: SL51804
Dates: November 4, 2022
Meets: 12 N to 2:00 PM
Sessions: 1
Location: Creutzburg Center 103
Course Fee: $49.00
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During summer 1862, James Fulton, MD, a 29-year-old Chester County man, left his pregnant wife for military service. He kept a diary to chronicle his service as an assistant surgeon, first assigned to the 150th Pennsylvania, later to the 143rd Pennsylvania. The diary evocatively describes a spectrum of experiences from the pursuit of General Robert E. Lee’s Confederate army following Antietam to campaigns throughout Virginia, north to Gettysburg, and back into Virginia. Step into the world of the Civil War physician, to see the battles as physicians experienced them. Lunch is included.
Robert Hicks
Instructor: Robert D. Hicks, PhD is an independent scholar of the history of science and medicine, former director of the Mütter Museum of Philadelphia, and naval officer. He has worked with museum-based education and exhibits for four decades, primarily as a consultant to historic sites and museums.N/A
