Ebook636 pages5 hours
A Vast Sea of Misery: A History and Guide to the Union and Confederate Field Hospitals at Gettysburg, July 1–November 20, 1863
By Gregory Coco
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
4.5/5
()
About this ebook
“An extremely detailed history of 160 hospital sites that formed to care for soldiers who were wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg.” —Civil War Cycling
Nearly 26,000 men were wounded in the three-day battle of Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863). It didn’t matter if the soldier wore blue or gray or was an officer or enlisted man, for bullets, shell fragments, bayonets, and swords made no class or sectional distinction. Almost 21,000 of the wounded were left behind by the two armies in and around the small town of 2,400 civilians. Most ended up being treated in makeshift medical facilities overwhelmed by the flood of injured. Many of these and their valiant efforts are covered in Greg Coco’s A Vast Sea of Misery.
The battle to save the wounded was nearly as terrible as the battle that placed them in such a perilous position. Once the fighting ended, the maimed and suffering warriors could be found in churches, public buildings, private homes, farmhouses, barns, and outbuildings. Thousands more, unreachable or unable to be moved remained in the open, subject to the uncertain whims of the July elements. As one surgeon unhappily recalled, “No written nor expressed language could ever picture the field of Gettysburg! Blood! blood! And tattered flesh! Shattered bones and mangled forms almost without the semblance of human beings!”
Based upon years of firsthand research, Coco’s A Vast Sea of Misery introduces readers to 160 of those frightful places called field hospitals. It is a sad journey you will never forget, and you won’t feel quite the same about Gettysburg once you finish reading.
Nearly 26,000 men were wounded in the three-day battle of Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863). It didn’t matter if the soldier wore blue or gray or was an officer or enlisted man, for bullets, shell fragments, bayonets, and swords made no class or sectional distinction. Almost 21,000 of the wounded were left behind by the two armies in and around the small town of 2,400 civilians. Most ended up being treated in makeshift medical facilities overwhelmed by the flood of injured. Many of these and their valiant efforts are covered in Greg Coco’s A Vast Sea of Misery.
The battle to save the wounded was nearly as terrible as the battle that placed them in such a perilous position. Once the fighting ended, the maimed and suffering warriors could be found in churches, public buildings, private homes, farmhouses, barns, and outbuildings. Thousands more, unreachable or unable to be moved remained in the open, subject to the uncertain whims of the July elements. As one surgeon unhappily recalled, “No written nor expressed language could ever picture the field of Gettysburg! Blood! blood! And tattered flesh! Shattered bones and mangled forms almost without the semblance of human beings!”
Based upon years of firsthand research, Coco’s A Vast Sea of Misery introduces readers to 160 of those frightful places called field hospitals. It is a sad journey you will never forget, and you won’t feel quite the same about Gettysburg once you finish reading.
Related to A Vast Sea of Misery
Related ebooks
All the Fighting They Want: The Atlanta Campaign from Peachtree Creek to the City's Surrender, July 18–September 2, 1864 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Different Valor: The Story of General Joseph E. Johnston, C.S.A. Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Faces of Union Soldiers at Antietam Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEyewitnesses to the Indian Wars: 1865-1890: Conquering the Southern Plains Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Civil War Battles of the Western Theatre Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Family and Nation under Fire: The Civil War Letters and Journals of William and Joseph Medill Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBloody Bill Anderson: The Short, Savage Life of a Civil War Guerrilla Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Civil War Northern Virginia 1861 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGettysburg--Culp's Hill and Cemetery Hill Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Battle of Okolona: Defending the Mississippi Prairie Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Immortal 600: Surviving Civil War Charleston and Savannah Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings"Too Much for Human Endurance": The George Spangler Farm Hospitals and the Battle of Gettysburg Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRiver of Death--The Chickamauga Campaign: Volume 1: The Fall of Chattanooga Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Kennesaw Mountain: Sherman, Johnston, and the Atlanta Campaign Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Story of a Confederate Boy in the Civil War Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPassing Through the Fire: Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain in the Civil War Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLike a Meteor Blazing Brightly: The Short but Controversial Life of Colonel Ulric Dahlgren Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Battle of Totopotomoy Creek: Polegreen Church and the Prelude to Cold Harbor Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Bentonville: The Final Battle of Sherman and Johnston Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Historic Photos of Chickamauga Chattanooga Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSherman's March Through the Carolinas Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Grant's Last Battle: The Story Behind the Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Lens of War: Exploring Iconic Photographs of the Civil War Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Facing Sherman in South Carolina: March Through the Swamps Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSeven Months In The Rebel States During The North American War, 1863 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAttack at Daylight and Whip Them: The Battle of Shiloh, April 6–7, 1862 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Civil War Through the Camera Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
United States History For You
A People's History of the United States Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Fourth Turning Is Here: What the Seasons of History Tell Us about How and When This Crisis Will End Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Library Book Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Book of Charlie: Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/51776 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Great Reset: And the War for the World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Killing the Guys Who Killed the Guy Who Killed Lincoln: A Nutty Story About Edwin Booth and Boston Corbett Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bowling Alone: Revised and Updated: The Collapse and Revival of American Community Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer: An Edgar Award Winner Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Twelve Years a Slave (Illustrated) (Two Pence books) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Fifties Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Killing England: The Brutal Struggle for American Independence Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The White Album: Essays Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Great Awakening: Defeating the Globalists and Launching the Next Great Renaissance Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for A Vast Sea of Misery
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
4.5/5
4 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
A Vast Sea of Misery - Gregory Coco
d book_preview_excerpt.html mXn,[]GYdXg
KAdsɦ>#?5/9M hȮ˩Stپt^}P/[:}\ޛPN~5]n]mԝф|x4嗫o_[7=ԁ6f7
Um^^EAyVjor^Nx΄&K=촭<,rgNjĔGח&3iuzU>w˗_:c~92_vHߍ*K.q=ZA FߚhBͭA8Fv+])JO}c&פֿ3OkTU7ބ`̣>`X!f79ճ ,>vGMo(QF*fnKЧTfnIVj