"Too Much for Human Endurance": The George Spangler Farm Hospitals and the Battle of Gettysburg

The stories of the doctors, nurses and patients at the Union Army's hospital in Gettysburg come to life in this unique Civil War history.

Those who toiled and suffered at the Army of the Potomac's XI Corps hospital at the George Spangler Farm in Gettysburg have long since departed. But Ronald D. Kirkwood, a journalist and George Spangler Farm expert, shares their stories—many of which have never been told before—in this gripping and scholarly narrative.

Using a wealth of firsthand acco...