Frederick Law Olmsted’s memoir “Hospital Transports” describes the efforts of the United States Sanitary Commission during the Peninsula Campaign in 1862.
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The following accounts are a tiny sampling of the battlefield experiences of the wounded on three hellish July days: the Battle of Gettysburg.
Thousands of Confederate refugees fled war zones to the relative safety of the Southern interior.
While removing a rock from his shoe on the picket line outside Petersburg, Virginia, a Confederate bullet tore through Private Peleg Bradford’s knee.
How Civil War Medicine saved the life of a future president.
Civil War veterans, particularly those with disabilities, faced significant challenges returning to society.
“The bandaged head, the empty sleeve, and the stump of a leg, told a tale louder than words could speak.”
Just as Joss Whedon challenged the society’s preconceived notion of the girl in a horror movie by creating Buffy, we challenge you to second-guess what you think of women in the past.
Discover the stunning history of Civil War prosthetics and the men that wore them.
