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Read about Confederate cavalryman Thomas Wallace Colley's journey from the saddle to the hospital as he dealt with three wounds during the Civil War.

After the North instituted a draft in 1863, enrollment board surgeons faced an incredibly tough task - determining real disabilities from fake ones.

Read the astonishing story of Private Elisha Rice Reed at the Battle of Gettysburg. His wounding and treatment provide a window into Civil War medical care.

As the 2018 growing season ends, NMCWM volunteer Greg Susla recaps the expansion to the Pry House Medicinal Garden this year.

Read about the experience of one wounded Union soldier after the battle of Chancellorsville. Rice Bull described the terrible scenes.

Discover how Union surgeons of Cloud Springs Hospital cared for patients even after they were captured by Confederate cavalry.

This 1863 manual detailed instructions for surgeons in the medical procedures to enlist soldiers into the United States Army.

Union surgeon John Brinton's medical service during the Civil War influenced the study of medicine in the United States for years to come.

The exhaustive planning that went into saving lives during D-Day stems from the efforts of surgeon Jonathan Letterman during the Civil War.