There were many medical advances made during the American Civil War. When the Civil War began in April 1861, medicine was approaching what Surgeon General William Hammond called "the end of the medical Middle Ages." American physicians had little knowledge of the cause and prevention of disease an...

There were many medical advances made during the American Civil War. When the Civil War began in April 1861, medicine was approaching what Surgeon General William Hammond called "the end of the medical Middle Ages." American physicians had little knowledge of the cause and prevention of disease a...

Lost in a world of darkness, I heard faint eerie whispers. I felt little like a small child lost in a dark cave, cold and all alone. Was I lost in some unfamiliar land; were those whispers coming from my loved ones in the far off distance. As time passed I became a bit more coherent; voices became l...