The Princeton graduate was wounded at least twice (Second Manassas and Gettysburg)
Gallagher interrogates recent scholarly trends on the evolving nature of Civil War studies
Custer received promotion to brigadier general and command – his first direct field command – of the Michigan Cavalry Brigade
A Hoosier minister who grew up with the 16th president's cousins
One former Confederate co-founded the environmental and preservation advocacy group Sierra Club
Death, Disease, and Life at War: The Civil War Letters of Surgeon James D. Benton, 111th and 98th New York Infantry Regiments, 1862-1865 (Christopher E. Loperfido - DLM) confederate The Princeton graduate was woundedDeath, Disease, and Life at War: The Civil War Letters of Surgeon James D. Benton, 111th and 98th New York Infantry Regiments, 1862 1865 by Christopher Loperfido Union surgeon James Dana Benton witnessed firsthand the suffering and death brought about by the ghastly wounds, infections, and diseases that wreaked havoc to both the Union and Confederate armies. A native of New York, Dr. Benton penned a series of letters throughout the war to his family
