Amidst all the disease, suffering and death that occurred during the American Civil War, I was heartened to come across an extraordinary act …
‘A few words upon a very important aspect of this question – the right of women to compete with men …
‘The Federal army may soon have to contend with a more deadly foe than the Southerners. The yellow fever season …
Between 1861 and 1866 over 1 million Union soldiers were diagnosed with malaria. Malaria is a parasite transmitted by the Anopheles …
The standard Civil War issue rifle, was the Springfield Model 1861, a musket shoulder arm that used the percussion lock …
******WARNING ABOUT TEXT IN THIS POSTING******** This posting contains some detailed descriptions of medical procedures that a few of my regular …
‘The Northern men are not only of stronger bone and muscle than the men of the South, but a very …
