Health

Caring for the Men
This site is an excellent history of Civil War medicine.

Civil War and Nineteenth Century Medical Terminology
The site includes a listing of the most common medical phrases and their meanings.

Civil War Army Surgeon and His Work
This site includes just a little something on what the Army Surgeon went through during the war.

Civil War Medicine
Descriptions are provided for medicine at the start of the Civil War, medical technology, amputations, and medical transport.

Civil War Nurses
The site describes the role of the nurses who were viewed as truly the "Angels of the Battlefield!"

Field and Temporary Hospitals
An interesting article on how one Confederate surgeon set up his field hospital.