Learn about Dr. Zabdiel Boylston Adams, Civil War surgeon
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Learn how the use of opium to treat Civil War soldiers led to many cases of addiction
Learn about Carrie Cutter, the first female nurse to die during the Civil War.
Learn about Surgeon General William Hammond.
Learn about Camp Letterman, the largest military hospital built on the Gettysburg battlefield.
Learn about the effects of various types of artillery rounds during the Civil War
Kyle Nappi relates the story of his ancestor who was wounded in the jaw at the Fall of Petersburg.
The U.S. Signal Corps was founded in the Civil War. Learn how it developed and how it is still in use in today’s Army.
In part two of this blog post, Kyle Dalton examines the incidents of unanesthetized surgery in the Confederacy
