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    Bodies in Blue: Disability in the Civil War North
    Bodies in Blue: Disability in the Civil War North
    Bodies in Blue: Disability in the Civil War North
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    Bodies in Blue: Disability in the Civil War North

    By Sarah Handley-Cousins

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    In the popular imagination, Civil War disability is virtually synonymous with amputation. But war affects the body in countless ways, many of them understudied by historians. In Bodies in Blue, Sarah Handley-Cousins expands and complicates our understanding of wartime disability by examining a variety of bodies and ailments, ranging from the temporary to the chronic, from disease to injury, and encompassing both physical and mental conditions. She studies the cases of well-known individuals, such as Union general Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, alongside many cases drawn from the ranks to provide a more comprehensive view of how soldiers, civilians, and institutions grappled with war-related disability in the Civil War–era North.

    During the Civil War and long after, the bodies of Union soldiers and veterans were sites of powerful cultural beliefs about duty and sacrifice. However, the realities of living with a disability were ever at odds with the expectations of manhood. As a consequence, men who failed to perform the role of wounded warrior properly could be scrutinized for failing to live up to standards of martial masculinity. Under the gaze of surgeons, officers, bureaucrats, and civilians, disabled soldiers made difficult negotiations in their attempts to accommodate impaired bodies and please observers. Some managed this process with ease; others struggled and suffered. Embracing and exploring this apparent contradiction, Bodies in Blue pushes Civil War history in a new direction.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherUniversity of Georgia Press
    Release dateJul 1, 2019
    ISBN9780820355191
    Bodies in Blue: Disability in the Civil War North
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    Sarah Handley-Cousins

    SARAH HANDLEY-COUSINS is a clinical assistant professor of history and associate director of the Center for Disability Studies at the University at Buffalo. She is the author of numerous print and digital publications, including articles in the Journal of the Civil War Era and the New York Times DisUnion series. She is an editor of the popular history blog Nursing Clio, as well as producer of Dig: A History Podcast.

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