Greetings from Texas! Inspired by some of my favorite Civil War blogs (Eric Wiitenberg, Andrew Wagenhoffer, Dimitri Rotov, etc...see the list), I've decided to start my own.
The purpose of the blog will be to:
a) provide an archive of my past "Medical Department" columns from The Civil War News, which I have been writing regularly since Fall 2000.
b) alerts on Civil War medicine in the news and previews of my upcoming columns
c) "shameless self-promotion" of my other writing projects, esp. my forthcoming book, Lincoln's Labels: America's Best Known Brands and the Civil War (Edinborough Press, Spring 2008)
d) advice for aspiring freelance historical writers
e) comments on postings at my favorite blogs
I certainly admire the commitment that Dimitri, Eric, and others show in daily postings; I'll try my best, but you can be sure that I won't go longer than a week.
You can learn more by clicking on "About Me"...I'll likely expand on this in my first few posts by describing how I became interested in the Civil War (medicine in particular) and freelance historical writing.
I look forward to your comments!
Jim
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A blog on Civil War-era medicine and my own historical research and writing
Archive of Civil War News "Medical Department" Columns
- #46 - Civil War Era Life Insurance
- #45 - Sleep, Specimens, and Sepsis
- #44 - Private Willis' Catfish Balm
- #43 - Antebellum Virginia Medicinal Springs/Spas
- #42 - Jobs for Disabled Civil War Veterans
- #41 - Soldier Suicides in the Civil War
- #40- Homesickness and Nostalgia
- #39 - Body Bags and Burial Cases
- #38 - Civil War Anesthesia
- #37 - Civil War Chemical Weapons
- #36 - Medical Cadets
- #35 - Mosquitoes, Malaria, and Yellow Fever
- #34 - The Nat'l Museum of Civil War Medicine Reaches Out
- #33 - The fascinating Story of A.D. Bridgman, MD
- #32 - Religious Tracts for Wounded and Sick Soldiers
- #31 - A Dangerous Christmas Gift (in 1865!)
- #30 - "Faces" (Surgical Photography in the Civil War)
- #29 - Medical Treatment in Civil War Prisons
- #28 - Skin Diseases and the Civil War
- #27 - Civil War Snake Oil (Part IV)
- #26 - "Turning a Blind Eye" (Eye Wounds and the Civil War)
- #25 - Civil War Snake Oil (Part III)
- #24 - Historic Churches (and Hospitals) of Fredericksburg
- #23 - "Private Parts" (Urological Wounds During the Civil War)
- #22 - Civil War Snake Oil (Part II)
- #21 - Civil War Snake Oil (Part I)
- #20 - "A Dreadful Disaster" (A Union Surgeon Gives His Life)
- #19 - "Last Full Measure" (A Canadian Surgeon Who Gave His All)
- #18 - "Brokenhearted" (Robert E. Lee's Health at Gettysburg)
- #17 - "Soldier's Heart" - Civil War Veterans and PTSD
- #16 - "e-Surgeon" (Multi-Media Civil War Medicine)
- #15 - Medical care of African American Soldiers in the Civil War
- #14 - Ars Moriendi (Mourning Rituals in the Civil War)
- #13 - Ambulance Chasing - Civil War Style
- #12 - "Typhus Wasn't There"
- #11 - Prologue to Change (African-American Surgeons)
- #10- "Phantom Limbs" (Silas W. Mitchell and Causalgia)
- #9 - "Glowing Wounds"
- #8 - "Second Opinions" (Death of Stonewall Jackson"
- #7 - "A Bark by Any Other Name" (Quinine Substitutes in the Confederacy)
- #6 - "Horse Sense" (Veterinary Care and the Civil War)
- #5 - "Gettysburg: Then and Now" (Treatment of Re-enactment Casualty)
- #4 - "Medicine Men" (Civil War Pharmacy)
- #3 - "Lessons Learned" (Army Medical Museum)
- #2 - "A Thorn in the Lion of the Union" (Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain)
- #1 - "Who Shot J.L.?" (James Longstreet)
About Jim Schmidt
- Jim Schmidt
- Spring, TX, United States
- I am a chemist by training and profession and currently work at a biotech company near Houston, TX. I have always been interested in history, and have been especially interested in the Civil War for the past 15-plus years. My interests are wide-ranging and include Civil War medicine, patent/quack medicines, 19th-century Spiritualism, slavery and abolitionists, and much more. I have been writing historical pieces for magazines and newspapers for about 15 years. My work has been published in *North & South*, *The Artilleryman*, *Learning Through History*, *World War II*, *Chemical Heritage*, and *Today's Chemist* magazines. My column, "Medical Department," has appeared regularly in *Civil War News* since September 2000. I am the author, editor, or contributor to five books on the Civil War, including "Lincoln's Labels" (2008), "Years of Change and Suffering:Modern Perspectives on Civil War Medicine" (2009), "Notre Dame and the Civil War (2010), "Galveston and the Civil War (2012), and a chapter in "Civil War America: A Social and Cultural History" (2012)
My Favorite Blogs/Websites
- 13th Massachusetts Blog (Brad Forbush)
- All Not So Quiet Along the Potomac (Ron Baumgarten)
- Bull Runnings (Harry Smeltzer)
- Cannonball - York County in the Civil War (Scott Mingus)
- Cenantua's Blog (Robert Moore)
- Civil War Books and Authors (Andrew Wagenhoffer)
- Civil War Librarian (Rea Andrew Redd)
- Confederate Book Review (Robert Redd)
- Dead Confederates (Andy Hall)
- Emma Hardinge Britten Archive (19th Century American Spiritualism)
- Freedman's Patrol
- Irish in the American Civil War (Damian Shiels)
- Mark Noce Stories (Historical Novelist)
- Murder by Gaslight (Robert Wilhelm)
- My Civil War Obsession (Richard McCormick)
- Peachridge Glass (Antique Bottle and Glass News)
- The Quack Doctor (Caroline Rance)
- The Sable Arm (USCTs)(Jimmy Price)
- The Straw Foot (Keith Muchowski)
- To the Sound of the Guns (Craig Swain)
- Warner's Safe Cure Blog (Steve Jackson)
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6 comments:
Welcome! Beyond the alliteration, the insertion of "Lincoln" into the title was an astute marketing move!
Your upcoming book title, that is.
Drew,
Thanks for the kind welcome and the message about Lincoln!
The original working title of the book was "Union Labels" - you known...Union Army and brands (labels)...I thought it was pretty clever, but maybe too clever and confusing from a marketing standpoint.
While it's fun (and admittedly good marketing!) to have "Lincoln" in the title, a good part of the book actually deals w/ how these various companies and brands dealt with President Lincoln personally.
Jim
Welcome to the blogosphere, Jim. Yours is a fascinating topic - I'm looking forward to catching up on your CWN articles, particularly. Good luck!
Brian - Thanks! I'll post the first column tonight (from Sept 2000) and then will post at least one a week thereafter.
Jim
Welcome to the blogosphere, Jim. As a novice to all of this, I'll be very interested in any advice for aspiring freelance historical writers.
I've really enjoyed the first few posts, but the comment seemed to fit best here.
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