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

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

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

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.

Learn about the National Museum of Civil War Medicine and the Army Medical Museum here. Learn more about key figures like Jonathan Letterman & Clara Barton.

Over two dozen riots raged over the controversial topic of dissection.