In the Union army each regiment was assigned two surgeons and each corps received a small fleet of two wheeled ambulances. Wounded soldiers were also carried to safety on stretchers and mule litters. Normal procedure was to treat wounds as well as illnesses as soon as possible. More serious medical problems were treated in temporarily built field hospitals. Additionally, there were small first aid stations near battlefields. The Union made use of nearby churches, schools and farmhouses.
Medical care in the middle of the 19th Century was not advanced under peacetime conditions.
In the midst of the civil war, it was horrible worse, however, doctors able to perform field duty were scarce. The result was a high Death Rate for wounded men. This was not only due to battle wounds, but from disease & infections.
It has been estimated that disease killed 2 soldiers for every one who died from a combat wound.
by entering industrial employment and providing medical aid for soldiers on both sides
Approximately 2 million soldiers served for the Union during the American Civil War, and roughly 750,000 served for the Confederacy. All told, 620,000 soldiers lost their lives during the war.
Amputation.
The Northern soldiers nicknames were the Yankees or Yanks.
Nearly three million soldiers served in the US Civil War.
During the American Civil War , medical treatment was crude where amputations were done without the benefit of anesthesia and there were more who died from disease than through warfare .
Compared to Korea, WWII, and WWI, and especially the US Civil War (1861-1865), Viet War casualties received excellent medical treatment, for those times.
there were 10 blinded soldiers during the civil war
Yes, during the civil war the soldiers from the south were called Rebels.
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Two things women involved with the civil war helped with were: *Medical for Soldiers *Clothing There are other things women helped with during the Civil War as well.
they are pay less than white soldiers.
by entering industrial employment and providing medical aid for soldiers on both sides
They were very likely to die, as medical supplies were virtually non-existent.
the soldiers lived in camps.
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They were called Rebels during the Civil War