A Civilian in the War for the Union: Life of Felix Reville Brunot

When he heard of the horrors of the Battle of Shiloh, 42 year old businessman, Felix Brunot, immediately gathered medical supplies and headed for the front. Though offered high military commission by his friends Secretary of War Edwin Stanton and General William Tecumseh Sherman, he refused them to continue working directly with sick and wounded soldiers.

He became ill himself, and though he never completely recovered his health, he continued to serve in the field, even when shot and shell w...