A Confederate surgeon's letters to his wife

A collection of personal letters from a wartime surgeon to his wife that chronicles marches, front-line engagements and major campaigns while describing medical work amid battlefield casualties, camp illnesses and shortages. Entries recount skirmishes and large battles, hospital conditions and surgical care, winter privations, strategic movements and military discipline, including executions. Alongside detailed reporting of military life, the correspondence conveys private concern for family, reflections on duty and courage, and the emotional toll of sustained conflict, giving sequential, eyewitness glimpses of the hardships faced by soldiers and those who tended them.