How did both sides treat enemy wounded? Read the article to find out how both sides prioritized the wounded from both sides.
by David Price
Hospitals
Read about the history of Washington DC’s St Elizabeth Hospital. Still in existence today, St Elizabeths was one of the early psychiatric wards in the city.
Read the story of the 16th New Hampshire, a unit ravaged by disease but almost no battlefield deaths and how they remembered their service.
Germ theory might not have been discovered during the Civil War, but how close did doctors get? Read Kyle Dalton’s blog post to find out.
Frederick’s largest Civil War hospital, General Hospital #1, cared for patients throughout the war. Read about how it expanded from two buildings to 38.
Read the story of a field hospital at the Battle of Chancellorsville. The authors provide a detailed look at the doctors and patients at Ellwood Manor.
Experiments on Joshua L. Chamberlain’s Petersburg wounds led to modern care. Though an uncomfortable and long road, people of the present benefit.
Read how wounded soldiers were cared for after one of the first major battles of the Civil War – Wilson’s Creek – fought outside Springfield Missouri.
In this post, we explore some of the most prominent stretcher models that were widely used or the most creative in their approach during the Civil War
