A Surgeon in the Army of the Potomac

Francis M Wafer joined the Union's army of the Potomac as an assistant surgeon. From the battle of the Wilderness to the closing campaigns, Wafer was both participant and chronicler of the American Civil War. This book offers a collection of his diary entries during the war, his letters home, and the memoirs he wrote after returning to Canada.A fascinating glimpse into the world of Civil War America through the experience of a young Canadian surgeon