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 the millions of horses, mules, and camels required by the armies.

Follow the journey of nurse Clara Jones in 1863 to Gettysburg and beyond.

After the American Civil War, Clara Barton led the search for over 40,000 missing soldiers ... including some who didn't want to be found.

Schoolteacher Clara Jones engaged in full time hospital work in the summer of 1862.

Frederick Law Olmsted's memoir "Hospital Transports" describes the efforts of the United States Sanitary Commission during the Peninsula Campaign in 1862.

“Voices of the Wounded” from the National Museum of Civil War Medicine details the experiences of wounded soldiers through their own words.

“If I know I can be of service in tending the wounded…I’m bound to be on hand.”

While removing a rock from his shoe near Petersburg, Virginia, a Confederate bullet tore through Private Peleg Bradford's knee.