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.

On September 14, 1862, a Confederate bullet sliced through the arm of Lt. Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes during the Battle of South Mountain.

Civil War veterans, particularly those with disabilities, faced significant challenges returning to society in the years after the conflict.

“The bandaged head, the empty sleeve, and the stump of a leg, told a tale louder than words could speak”

Just as Whedon challenged society’s preconceived notion of the girl in a horror movie, 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.

Read about those in the Civil War that used prosthetics after amputation. Find everything you need to know from National Museum of Civil War Medicine.

Read about plastic surgery for wounded soldiers during the Civil War. The destructive weaponry of the Civil War wreaked havoc on soldiers' bodies.