The Army Medical Department 1865-1917

Army Medicine 1865-1917

The Army Medical Department 1865-1917 is Mary C. Gillett's history of how the US Army cared for its soldiers between the end of the Civil War and America's entry into the First World War. Those years cover frontier service, the Spanish-American War and the campaigns that followed overseas, when Army surgeons faced disease as often as wounds. It suits military historians, reenactors portraying the period, and anyone researching the medical side of the Army's past.

Features

• Written By Mary C. Gillett — The author's name appears on the front cover beneath the title.
• Covers 1865 To 1917 — The book picks up after the Civil War and runs to the year the United States entered the First World War.
• Army Medical Department Focus — The subject is the Army Medical Department itself, the branch responsible for the health and treatment of soldiers.
• US Army Publication — Published under the US Army's own name, carrying catalogue number CMH 30-9-1 in the Center of Military History series.
• Softcover Binding — A paperback format that is light enough to carry to a reading room, a range day or a reenactment camp.
• Illustrated Cover Art — The front shows a watercolor scene of soldiers in slouch hats tending wounded men in the open under palm trees.
• Research Reference — A single volume that collects the period's military medical history for study, citation or a reference shelf.

An Official Army History

This title comes from the US Army's own historical program, so it is the service's account of its medical branch rather than a commercial retelling. The catalogue number CMH 30-9-1 places it in the Center of Military History's publication list. Collectors of official Army histories and readers building a library on the frontier and Spanish-American War eras will find it a natural addition.