A Civil War Diary: Written By Dr. James A. Black, First Assistant Surgeon, 49th Illinois Infantry

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Assistant Surgeon James A. Black takes the reader on a seldom traveled journey–a fourteen hundred sixty-sooner or later excursion–as he participates in the American Civil War. All the way through his sojourn the Union soldier openly shares his observations, his joys, his concerns, and his frustrations, as he provides the reader with tremendous insight into the day-to-day lives of soldiers in their camps and on their campaigns some one hundred fifty years ago. Black and a contingency of Southern Illinois men enlisted in the Union Army October 6, 1861. The 49th Illinois Infantry Regiment used to be mustered into service December 31, 1861, briefly trained at Camp Butler, near Springfield, Illinois, and used to be engaged in combat by February, 1862. The regiment remained active in the Western Theatre of action all through the war. Even though the diary does not offer revolutionary revelations about the war or its generals, it does present interesting and revealing perceptions about the conflict, especially concerning the have an effect on on soldiers involved in prolonged military engagement. Black?s perspective as a Civil War soldier is unique in many ways. For the first year he wrote with the view of an enlisted infantryman, even as the last three years he viewed events from the eyes of a commissioned medical officer. As well as, James Black, a good soldier, used to be a strong believer in the Union cause, a spiritual man, and a moralist. In many ways his thoughts reflect the times and yet many thoughts do not necessarily follow conventional Civil War wisdom. The diary is completely unabridged and void of interpretation or comment by scholars. Simply, the diary is James? personal story as he lived it.

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