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The Haystack : a Novel by Mulligan, James J. is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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It began in Philadelphia and might have ended there had it not been for the curiosity aroused by a remarkable dead horse (so unusual a horse that Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote about it and Alexander Gardner stopped to photograph it). That, in turn, led to the discovery of a dead man, which, under the circumstances, ought to have been utterly unremarkable. The finding of a body on a battlefield is hardly a surprise. Especially on September 19, 1862, between Sharpsburg, Maryland, and Antietam Creek, two days after the bloodiest single days fighting in American history. In the fields and woods lay more than 20,000 dead and wounded of both sides. At first neither army had left the field, no territory had changed hands and, like two wounded animals, the armies lay there panting, unable to fight further and still unwilling to disengage. By the dawn of September 19, Lee had slipped away and saved his army. But among all the bodies, this one is different, at least according to Doctor James V. Dougherty, assistant surgeon of the 69th Pennsylvania. He convinces Medical Steward Sean McBrien of this, but will anyone else believe him? After all, Dougherty is 20 years old, fresh out of medical sch
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Mulligan, James J.
- Publisher
- CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781475101188
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction
- Rating
- 4.7 / 5 (14 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14