Intensely human : the health of the Black soldier in the American Civil War / Margaret Humphreys.

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.

xx, 197 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-190) and index.

The Black body at war -- The pride of true manhood -- Biology and destiny -- Medical care -- Region, disease, and the vulnerable recruit -- Louisiana -- Death on the Rio Grande -- Telling the story.