P/H/24. Dissertation. American Civil War and its psychological damages

The aim of the dissertation is to reconstruct the events of the American Civil War. The evidence for the research is drawn from an extensive review of literature, i.e. memoirs, letters and diaries of the war participants and non-military witnesses. The authors objective is to study the traumatic experiences of the warfare and battle that caused stress disorder in Federal and Union soldiers. The psychological and physical syndromes of combat traumas are described highlighting the problems that accompanied the research of the documents. The paper contains numerous quotes testifying to the soldiers suffering and its behavioural outcomes. The conclusion is made about the experience of soldiering in the twentieth century wars.