Kyle Nappi relates the story of his ancestor who was wounded in the jaw at the Fall of Petersburg.
Petersburg
Jake Wynn will share stories from Peleg Bradford’s Civil War letters. Bradford wrote home about his amputation and recovery process.
Jake Wynn will talk with Tim Talbott, of Pamplin Historical Park, about the medical care seen as a result of the Union breakthrough at Petersburg.
Experiments on Joshua L. Chamberlain’s Petersburg wounds led to modern care. Though an uncomfortable and long road, people of the present benefit.
Jake Wynn will talk with historian Emmanuel Dabney about Civil War medicine at the Siege of Petersburg.
While removing a rock from his shoe on the picket line outside Petersburg, Virginia, a Confederate bullet tore through Private Peleg Bradford’s knee.
