Bullets and Bandages

At Gettysburg, PA, during three days of July 1863, 160,000 men fought one of the most fierce and storied battles of the US Civil War. Nearly one in three of those men ended up a casualty of that battle, and when the two armies departed a few days later, 21,000 wounded remained. This book is the story of how those soldiers were cared for in a town of 2,500 people. Historian and author of several other guides to Gettysburg, James Gindlesperger provides a context for the medical and organizational constraints of the era and then provides details about the aid stations and field hospitals created in the aftermath of the battle. Filled with historical and contemporary photos, as well as stories about the soldiers and their healers, this book is a detailed guide for visitors to the site as well as others interested in American Civil War history.

“Jim Gindlesperger has taken the early studies of significant field hospitals in and around the Gettysburg battlefield, an often overlooked story of the farms and homes where so many worked so hard to save the wounded and the dying, and provided the reader with a more complete understanding of the complex story of the aftermath of the Battle of Gettysburg.” —John S. Heiser, Historian, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Hardcover - ISBN: 9781949467420

James Gindlesperger was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, graduated from the University of Pittsburgh, and is a retired safety manager from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. He is the author or co-author of seven books. His most recent book, Arlington: A Color Guide to America’s Most Famous Cemetery (Blair), received the Silver Award in the Travel category at the ForeWord Reviews’ 2017 Indies Book of the Year Awards. He is also the co-author with his wife, Suzanne, of three additional books on the Civil War: So You Think You Know Gettysburg? (Blair), Volume 1, So You Think You Know Antietam? (Blair), and So You Think You Know Gettysburg?, Volume 2 (Blair).