Record #:

21874

Author(s):

Wegner, Ansley Herring

Abstract:

This article examines the medical practices and circumstances that led to so many amputations during the Civil War as well as the painful experiences of many amputees. It also looks at the 1866 decision by the North Carolina General Assembly to provide veterans with either an artificial limb or fund to purchase their own.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 75 Issue 3, July 1998, p277-298 , il, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1864--Medical care

Record #:

22530

Author(s):

General W.A. Smith

Abstract:

Dr. John Washington Bennett, Anson County native, was chief surgeon of the Confederate Hospital at Richmond, known as 'the Soldiers' Home'.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 17 Issue 2, October 1917, p96-101 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Anson County--History; North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1864--Medical care; Bennett, John Washington; North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Confederate hospitals

Record #:

24608

Author(s):

Gerard, Philip

Abstract:

As part nine of The Civil War: Life in North Carolina series, this article describes the role of nine nuns who traveled from New York to nurse soldiers back to health in Beaufort, North Carolina.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 82 Issue 4, September 2014, p218-220, 222-226, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Carteret County--History; North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1864--Medical care; North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Women