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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.

Read how the Stickley family table went from family gathering place to Civil War operating table at the Battle of Cedar Creek.

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.

Discover the unique and crucial role parasites played in the life and death of Civil War soldiers.

Discover how the actions of Confederate surgeon Hunter Holmes McGuire changed the coarse of American military medicine forever.

The innovator who first utilized ether as an anesthetic more 15 years earlier, brought his techniques personally to wounded soldiers on the battlefield.