Civil War veterans, particularly those with disabilities, faced significant challenges returning to society.
by David Price
Sarah Handley-Cousins
When we think of Civil War medicine, we often think of gore, like amputated limbs and bloody gunshot wounds. But these traumatic injuries did not make up the majority of a Civil War surgeon’s daily work. Instead, it was the camp diseases like dysentery and typhoid, infectious disease like smallpox, and – as we saw in this week’s episode of Mercy Street – venereal diseases.
Expert blogger Sarah Handley-Cousins discovers the historical reality of ending pregnancies in the 19th century.
Aurelia Johnson’s rape was a jarring, disturbing scene … While it left me a bit tired, I also felt it was important. Many television and film depictions of slavery are romanticized, and gloss over the visceral, individual horrors that enslaved men and women faced.
