The Civil War Army Surgeon and His Work HOWEVER brilliant the tactics and strategy, it should be remembered that an essential factor in all warfare must be the physical efficiency of the man behind the gun... http: //civilwarhome.com/armysurgeon.htm
Civil War Nurses Approximately two thousand women, North and South, served as volunteer nurses in military hospitals during the American Civil War. http: //civilwarhome.com/civilwarnurses.htm
The Sanitary Commission and Other Relief Agencies WHEN the fall of Fort Sumter made war inevitable, a wave of enthusiasm swept over the country, North and South. As always happens in such crises, the women looked about them for something they might do. The first soldiers who went to the front were furnished with every possible bit of equipment which feminine brains could devise http: //civilwarhome.com/sanitarycommission.htm...
Civil War Medicine Both the Federal and Confederate governments did their best to provide proper medical care for their soldiers, but even the best was not very good... http: //civilwarhome.com/civilwarmedicineintro.htm
Civil War Ambulance Corps In time for Antietam, the Army of the Potomac, under its medical director Jonathan Letterman, developed the Letterman Ambulance Plan. In this system the ambulances of a division moved together.. http: //civilwarhome.com/ambulancecorps.htm
Caring For the Men - The History of Civil War Medicine When the war began, the United States Army medical staff consisted of only the surgeon general, thirty surgeons, and eighty-three assistant surgeons.... http: //civilwarhome.com/medicinehistory.htm
National Museum of Civil War Medicine The National Museum of Civil War Medicine is the center for the study and interpretation of the medical history of the War Between the States... http: //civilwarmed.org/
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