until it. archives,at primary or archives of primary materials of have been beckoning us, however. the national archives which i is my second home, state and local archives as well as andreds of published unpublished accounts by medical workers, some of which are obviously in the new material bud robertson was talking about this morning, and, indeed, of the patients that these hospital workers and surgeons took care of, all of these were waiting, waiting patiently for a new generation of scholars to investigate in of assembling a greater fabric of a very complex that was the medical war. happen in the to first decade of the 21st century asup for interpretation, but medical matters have played an increasing role in american and american consciousness, in this new surprising it's not that war studies have reflected this emphasis and really begun more to turn in this direction. we've seen books and articles on surgery, on the on variousrps, diseases, on trauma -- already talked about this morning. aboutay a little bit more it. on hospitals, both confederate and union, and relief work. these have been written by like margaret humphries, shawna devine,t, rootkou andira there ar