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Podcast: Addressing Gettysburg
Episode: Death Disease and Life at War with Author Christopher Loperfido
Description: Author Christopher Loperfido sat down with me on July 3, 2018, in the shade of a small grove of trees across Hancock Ave from the monument of the 111th NY and in front of the Brian Farmhouse. We chose this spot because the subject of Christopher's book, Dr James D. Benton, who was the assistant surgeon of the regiment here at Gettysburg. Chris and I discuss Benton and what a wounded soldier might expect to go through when he received treatment. Christopher E. Loperfido, a native of Weedsport, New York, graduated from Oswego State University with a bachelor's degree in his...