Encountering Injury in the Civil War
Tuesday, May 13 @ 7:00 p.m.
Monroe County History Center

Hear John Kinder talk about “Encountering Injury in the Civil War,” examining how Americans made sense of the Civil War’s mass production of injury, death, and disability. Drawing upon a colorful array of personal narratives, medical illustrations, photographs, and popular art, it describes two broad interpretations of Civil War casualties. For some, soldiers’ injuries symbolized patriotism, manliness, and courage under fire. For others, they forecast a grim future in which techniques of science and industrialization turned the modern battlefield into a slaughterhouse.

The Monroe County Civil War Roundtable meets 7:00-8:30 p.m., on the second Tuesday of each month, September through June, at the Monroe County History Center, 6th and Washington Streets, Bloomington.

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For general information see our web page, particularly the Sentinel newsletter link. You may also contact John Crosby at 812.339.2572.