Yellow Flag : Civil War Journal of Surgeon's Steward C. Marion Dodson - US Navy

Description

Yellow Flag
The Civil War Journal of
Surgeon's Steward C. Marion Dodson
edited by Charles Albert Earp
Maryland Historical Society, 2002
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Condition : Softcover. Good.
Almost no wear to covers, but front cover does have a light crease in it.
Clean and crisp inside.
Would be "Very Good"  - but :
Apparently someone mishandled the book while on a shelf for sale.
The table of contents page is crinkled, and has a short tear - please see photos.
165
pages, with portraits, illustrations and 3 maps.
Indexed.
This book was acquired from a downsizing Civil War distributor / retailer.
The book in the photos is the book you will get !  No stock photos !!
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From the back cover
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"In March, 1864, C. Marion Dodson left his comfortable home on Maryland's Eastern Shore to join the U.S. Navy as a pharmacist. Barely weeks after joining a Union fleet on blockade in the Gulf of Mexico, another ship in the squadron raised the "Yellow Flag"--the signal that the dreaded yellow fever had stricken its crew. They desperately needed medical help, his captain told Dodson. Someone had to go aboard and wager his life against the deadly unknown. Encounters with a comely Rebel belle in New Orleans and the explosive pursuit of the formidable C.S.S. "William H. Webb "make this lively diary a memorable voyage for readers of Civil War literature."
C. Marion Dodson joined the USS Pocahontas, while it was undergoing repairs in 1864.
The Pocahontas joined the West Gulf Blockade Squadron when it returned to duty.
In October of 1864, Dodson volunteered to serve on board the USS Arkansas,
which was suffering from an outbreak of Yellow Fever. Upon his arrival,
he found that the ship's surgeon was already down with the disease.
When the Arkansas was released from quarantine, Dodson was reassigned to
the USS Hollyhock - a tug / fireboat out of New Orleans,  that tangled with the CSS Webb.
After the war, he returned home and began a long and successful
medical practice in Baltimore, Maryland.
His original journal - over 200 pages long - is still in care of the
Maryland Historical Society.
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