Of the almost thirty thousand amputations recorded in the Union Army, the mortality rate was 26.3 percent. Were Civil War physicians “butchers” then? This question is perhaps best answered by ...

Of the approximately 30,000 amputations performed in the Civil War there was a 26.3-percent mortality rate. In the 1870 Franco-Prussian War, despite the lessons learned in the Civil War and the ...

Where did that idea come from? Scholars often depict the American Civil War as an early watershed. Amputations were the most common operation of the war, and an entire prosthetic industry ...

The Ohio Civil War Show was held for the 47th year over the weekend. It started with only 60 tables. This year's version had nearly 800.

Civil War surgeons learned fast ... D.E.S.” Sickles visited his leg yearly on the anniversary of its emancipation. Amputation ...

Heavy artillery supported by troops with machine guns will storm the Richland County Fairgrounds this weekend.