The value of a dead loved one plucked from their eternal rest in a Baltimore graveyard? Just $10 each.
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Private William McCarter’s treatment after the battle of Fredericksburg is an excellent case study of Civil War medical care.
Learn how hundreds of Civil War veterinarians cared for millions of horses, mules, and camels.
While removing a rock from his shoe on the picket line outside Petersburg, Virginia, a Confederate bullet tore through Private Peleg Bradford’s knee.
The outbreak of war triggered an immediate response among Union civilians thinking about how best to supply and support the armies from the home front.
The Civil War meant a boom in business for doctors and quacks alike.
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.
Meet the first amputee of the Civil War: the man who will go on to create a prosthetic empire.
Discover the stunning history of Civil War prosthetics and the men that wore them.
