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.
by David Price
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The Civil War meant a boom in business for doctors and quacks alike.
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.
Forget nip/tuck, plastic surgery had a whole different meaning during the Civil War.
L.H. Roth searches for the women who nursed him back to health.
The Union Army adapted Winchester Hall from a women’s school into a makeshift hospital. Twenty years later, construction workers made a gruesome discovery.
