Nature's Civil War: Common Soldiers and the Environment in 1862 Virginia

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Nature’s Civil War CIVIL WAR AMERICA Gary W. Gallagher, Peter S. Carmichael, Caroline E. Janney, and Aaron Sheehan-Dean, editors Nature’s CIVIL WAR Common Soldiers and the Environment in 1862 Virginia Kathryn Shively Meier The University of North Carolina Press / Chapel Hill This book was published with the assistance of the Fred W. Morrison Fund for Southern Studies of the University of North Carolina Press.© 2013 The University of North Carolina Press All rights reserved Set in Miller by codeMantra Manufactured in the United States of America The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. The University of North Carolina Press has been a member of the Green Press Initiative since 2003. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Meier, Kathryn Shively. Nature’s Civil War : common soldiers and the environment in 1862 Virginia / Kathryn Shively Meier. pages cm. — (Civil War America) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-4696-1076-4 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. United States—History—Civil War, 1861–1865—Health aspects—Virginia. 2. United States—History—Civil War, 1861–1865—Environmental aspects—Virginia. 3. Self-care, Health—Virginia—History—19th century. 4. Self-care, Health—United States—History—19th century. 5. Military life—Virginia—History—19th century. 6. Military life—United States—History—19th century. I. Title. II. Title: Common soldiers and the environment in 1862 Virginia. E621.M45 2013 973.7′75—dc23 2013015620 Portions of this book were previously published in somewhat different form: “‘No Place for the Sick’: Nature’s War on Civil War Soldier Mental and Physical Health in the 1862 Peninsula and Shenandoah Valley Campaigns,” Journal of the Civil War Era 1, no. 2 (2011); and “The Lost Boys,” Civil War Monitor 2, no. 3 (2012). Used with permission. 17 16 15 14 13 5 4 3 2 1 To Louise, Jack, and Mark This page intentionally left blank ...