Teaching the Civil War
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Medicine During the American Civil War
Soldiers, civilians, and young people all died during the American Civil War. Many soldiers died from wounds received on the battlefield, but epidemics of disease also ravaged cities and military camps. Of the estimated 700,000 Civil War soldiers who died during the war, nearly 465,000 died from some disease. Civil War medicine was pushed beyond its comprehension due to widespread disease and new lethal battle tactics, but this also led to the development of brand-new medical techniques and procedures.
Wounded Soldiers
There were approximately 1.5 million casualties during the Civil War which includes both Union and Confederate dead, wounded, and missing, and it was about 2% of the national population at the time. Read More
Hospitals
Northern and Southern medical departments were ill-prepared for the number of wounded men coming from the battlefield and hospital systems to provide care had not been developed. Read More
Sanitary Commission
The Sanitary Commision was a private relief agency that supported sick and wounded soldiers of the United States Army during Civil War Read More
Dealing with the Dead
There were approximately 1.5 million casualties during the Civil War which includes both Union and Confederate dead, wounded, and missing, and it was about 2% of the national population at the time. Read More
Embalming
Embalming was a relatively new practice in America that became common during the Civil War when it was used to preserve the bodies of dead soldiers so that they could be buried at homes far from the battlefield. Read More
Medical Equipment
Along with amputation instruments, Civil War-era medical equipment included items such as retractors, bullet extractors, forceps, lancets, tourniquets, bone gougers, and other implements. Read More
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