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![]() ![]() Additionally, the Southern medical records stored in Richmond also disappeared in flames a few weeks later. Unfortunately, those valuable documents were burned near Waynesboro, Virginia, in the spring of 1865 when Yankee cavalry captured the baggage wagon and gave no thought for the poor historians a century and a half later. McGuire kept journals and papers detailing his experiences in the Confederate service. This game of hide and seek with historians probably isn’t the good doctor’s fault. However, the details gleaned from comrades’ accounts and his own writings from other battles allow us to partially reconstruction Dr. In the history books, he appears and then he’s gone, leaving readers with only a few facts and too many questions. ![]() Hunter McGuire do at Gettysburg? The medical director of the Second Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia is elusive to historians seeking to understand his role in the medical situation at Gettysburg. What does a medical director do during a battle? More specifically: what did Dr. ![]() Today, we are pleased to welcome back guest author Sarah Kay Bierle. ![]()
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