The home front could be deadly at times. Read about the tragic story of an ammunition factory explosion on Brown’s Island in Richmond.
by David Price
Medicine And Drugs
Find out how soldiers, civilians, and nurses in the general hostpial at Harpers Ferry survived the 1862 battle.
Learn about Union Civil War Surgeon Benjamin Howard’s life saving innovations in medical care which we still benefit from today.
Discover the ways in which Civil War Americans thought disease traveled by smells and how they worked to stop its spread with good odors.
The little told story of African Americans and the Ambulance Corps during the Civil War is one of bravery and trailblazing.
Take a closer look as several cases from a Civil War medical examining board and see what it reveals about medicine during the period.
Compare how soldiers suffering from PTSD have been treated and how they grappled with it from the Civil War into the twentieth century.
Historian Michelle Herbelin explains how medical practice changed from the United States War with Mexico in 1846 to the Civil War in 1861.
Dr. John Julian Chisolm was one of the most influential Confederate surgeons during the Civil War. His books and and invention were invaluable.
