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After the North instituted a draft in 1863, enrollment board surgeons faced an incredibly tough task – determining real disabilities from fake ones.
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Read the astonishing story of Private Elisha Rice Reed at the Battle of Gettysburg. His wounding and treatment provide a window into Civil War medical care.
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Discover the terrible medical conditions in Andersonville prison through the eyes of one Southern surgeon – Dr. John M. Howell
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Disease killed more soldiers in the Civil War than battle injuries. This blog post examines specific outbreaks of one disease, yellow fever, in Key West.
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As the 2018 growing season ends, NMCWM volunteer Greg Susla recaps the expansion to the Pry House Medicinal Garden this year.
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Discover the experience of a parent looking for their wounded child after a Civil War battle by following Oliver Wendell Holmes’ search for his son.
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Read about the experience of one wounded Union soldier after the battle of Chancellorsville. Rice Bull described the terrible scenes.
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Discover how Union surgeons of Cloud Springs Hospital cared for patients even after they were captured by Confederate cavalry.
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Read how the Stickley family table went from family gathering place to Civil War operating table at the Battle of Cedar Creek.
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This 1863 manual detailed instructions for surgeons in the medical procedures to enlist soldiers into the United States Army.
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