How the Union took to the skies in the Civil War
The year: 1861. The problem: Pro-slavery states had broken away from the Union, rising up in armed revolt as the treasonous ...
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Behind the Lens: A History in Pictures
One of the major accomplishments during the Civil ... ambulance and hospital system was developed. It became the standard military wounded care delivery system through World War II.
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Caring for the War's Dead and Wounded
The American Civil War upended these Christian notions ... There was no effective ambulance corps to transport wounded soldiers from the battlefields to aid locations. As late as August 1862 ...
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5 Medical Innovations from the Civil War
The bloodiest war in American history was also one of the most influential in battlefield medicine. Civil War surgeons ...