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Civil War veterans, particularly those with disabilities, faced significant challenges returning to society.

Discover the history behind the historical drama. Join the Museum staff to watch and discuss the latest episode.

Meet the first amputee of the Civil War: the man who will go on to create a prosthetic empire.

Many of the rituals that we now understand to make up the American funerary tradition were developed and shaped in the 19th century

Discover the stunning history of Civil War prosthetics and the men that wore them.

Discover the history behind the historical drama. Join the Museum staff to watch and discuss the latest episode.

Forget nip/tuck, plastic surgery had a whole different meaning during the Civil War.

One of the greatest innovations of Civil War medicine was … a museum.

Discover the history behind the historical drama. Join the Museum staff to watch and discuss the latest episode.

One of the first riots in the United States was fought not over the living, but the dead.