“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.”

Thousands of Confederate refugees fled war zones to the relative safety of the Southern interior.

While removing a rock from his shoe near 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.

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”