Review - Death, Disease, and Life at War: The Civil War Letters of Surgeon James D. Benton edited by Christopher Loperfido

Death, Disease, and Life at War: The Civil War Letters of Surgeon James D. Benton, edited by Christopher E. Loperfido, is a damn good book. It is unique in that Benton - a physician - writes a number of letters to his father…also a physician. So yay! they talk shop and we learn about Civil War medicine! Benton has a lot to say about other stuff too…have a listen:

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With compliments,

Keith