Harry Lang will discuss his new book, Fighting in the shadows : untold stories of deaf people in the Civil War at the Rochester Academy of Medicine.

Deaf and hard-of-hearing people were extensively involved in the American Civil War, yet no detailed summary has previously been published on their participation. Supporting both sides of the conflict, they participated as soldiers, writers, doctors, nurses, spies and assumed a variety of other roles. They emerged from the shadows to gain further control of their own destiny as American citizens.

[source: NTID Campus Events and Activities page, 2017-Aug-28]