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James M. Schmidt

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Hi! My name is Jim Schmidt and thanks for visiting my GoodReads Author Page! I am a chemist by training and profession and currently work for a biotech company near Houston, TX.

But by night (and by lunch!) I am a writer!

I have been writing historical pieces for magazines and newspapers for about 15 years. My work has been published in *North & South*, *The Artilleryman*, *Learning Through History*, *World War II*, *Chemical Heritage*, and *Today's Chemist* magazines. My column, "Medical Department," has appeared regularly in *The Civil War News* since September 2000.

My books include "Notre Dame and the Civil War: Marching Onward to Victory" (2010), "Years of Change and Suffering: Modern Perspectives on Civil War Medicine" (2009), and "L...more



Here is an 1868 letter in my collection with the letterhead of "Ofice and Pharmacy of Barden's Condensed Family Specifics" in Penn Yan, New York.

The letter is addressed to Dr. W. W. Barden ("Dear Sir and Son") fom Henry Barden (the father).

In the letter, Henry Barden writes:


I have the honor to inform you that a Resolution has passed the Propietor and Board of Directors appointing you to the...
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Lincoln's Labels: America's...
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A Dreadful Secret Revealed in Lovely Language

"I should not like to have you for an enemy, Tulkinghorn. You show neither pity, nor compunction, nor hesitation. I congratulate you." (p. 31)

And that, my friends, is ALL you need to know about the monstro...more
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“It is in general and odd thing to reach some measure of fame and see one's name bandied about in the newspapers. It is quite another to see oneself turned into a chess piece in a political match. I should call myself a pawn, but I feel that does some disservice to the the obliqueness of my movements. I was a bishop, perhaps, sliding at odd angles, or a knight, jumping from one spot to another. I did not much like the feel of unseen fingers pinching me as I was moved from this square to that." - Benjamin Weaver”
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James Schmidt Lesa wrote: "http://britishlibrary19c.tumblr.com/p...
I don't know if you're familiar with this book or even interested, but I came across it and figured I'd pass it just in case. It's called My Story of the ..."


Lesa wrote: "http://britishlibrary19c.tumblr.com/p...
I don't know if you're familiar with this book or even interested, but I came across it and figured I'd pass it just in case. It's called My Story of the ..."


Thanks, Lesa! There's som great stuff at that site! Definitely a keeper!


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Lesa http://britishlibrary19c.tumblr.com/p...
I don't know if you're familiar with this book or even interested, but I came across it and figured I'd pass it just in case. It's called My Story of the War: A Woman’s Narrative of Four Years Personal Experience as Nurse in the Union Army, and in Relief Work at Home, in Hospitals, Camps, and at the Front, During the War of the Rebellion.


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