Intensely Human: The Health of the Black Soldier in the American Civil War

This "informative" look at the causes of high mortality rates among black Civil War soldiers "gives readers some insight into current health disparities" (JAMA).

Black soldiers in the American Civil War were far more likely to die of disease than were white soldiers. In Intensely Human, historian Margaret Humphreys explores why this uneven mortality occurred and how it was interpreted at the time. In doing so, she uncovers the perspectives of mid-nineteenth-century physicians and others ...