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I Acted from Principle: The Civil War Diary of Dr. William M. McPheeters, Confederate Surgeonin the Trans-Mississippi (The Civil War in the West)
William Mcpheeters
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Paperback. Editor(s): Pitcock, Cynthia Dehaven; Gurley, Bill J. Series: Civil War in the West. Num Pages: 423 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; BGT; HBJK; HBWJ; JW; MBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 168 x 33. Weight in Grams: 671.
At the start of the Civil War, Dr. William McPheeters was a distinguished physician in St. Louis, conducting unprecedented public-health research, forging new medical standards, and organizing the state's first professional associations. But Missouri was a volatile border state. Under martial law, Union authorities kept close watch on known Confederate sympathizers. McPheeters was followed, arrested, threatened, and finally, in 1862, given an ultimatum: sign an oath of allegiance to the Union or go to federal prison. McPheeters "acted from principle" instead, fleeing by night to Confederate territory. He served as a surgeon under Gen. Sterling Price and his Missouri forces ... Read more
At the start of the Civil War, Dr. William McPheeters was a distinguished physician in St. Louis, conducting unprecedented public-health research, forging new medical standards, and organizing the state's first professional associations. But Missouri was a volatile border state. Under martial law, Union authorities kept close watch on known Confederate sympathizers. McPheeters was followed, arrested, threatened, and finally, in 1862, given an ultimatum: sign an oath of allegiance to the Union or go to federal prison. McPheeters "acted from principle" instead, fleeing by night to Confederate territory. He served as a surgeon under Gen. Sterling Price and his Missouri forces ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Arkansas Press
Condition
New
Series
Civil War in the West
Number of Pages
440
Place of Publication
Fayetteville, United States
ISBN
9781557287953
SKU
V9781557287953
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Ref
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About William Mcpheeters
Cynthia DeHaven Pitcock is a historian of medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Bill J. Gurley is a Civil War enthusiast and a professor of pharmacology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
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Richly rewarding." —North Carolina Historical Review