Citation

Schwalm LA. J. Law Med. Ethics 2011; 39(1): 21-27.

Affiliation

Professor of History; Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies; and African American Studies at the University of Iowa.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1748-720X.2011.00544.x

PMID

21314789

Abstract

The U.S. Civil War chained slave emancipation to war's violence, destruction and deprivation. The resulting health crisis, including illness, injury, and trauma, had immediate and lasting consequences. This essay explores the impact of ideas about race on the U.S. military's health care provisions and treatment of former slaves, both civilians and soldiers.

Language: en