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Although germ theory hadn’t been discovered by the start of the Civil War, many throughout history had gotten closer than you might think.
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Kyle Dalton concludes the two part series about anesthesia in the Civil War by focusing on the Confederate experience with it.
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Read about the history of anesthesia leading up to and during the Civil War. Rather than biting the bullet, anesthesia was more common than you might think.
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Learn how Maryland veterans from both sides dealt with their wartime experineces (from wounds to finding new work) after returning home.
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Read about the conclusion of the USS Red Rover’s hospital ship service as well as the diverse crew members that cared for the wounded throughout the war.
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Read about the extensive service on the Mississippi River of one of the most famous hospital ships of the Civil War – the USS Red Rover.
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Read about medical care after the Battle of the Wilderness where medical personnel had to contend with fires and dense underbrush.
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Read about the US Christian Commission’s heroic response to the bloodiest day in American history – The Battle of Antieam
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20th century writer F. Scott Fitzgerald was a Civil War buff. Discover what his short stories reveal about Civil War dentistry.
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Read about one of the most famous examples of quarantine in the Civil War. The 20th Maine was kept out of Chancellorsville due to smallpox.
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