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Words of the Wounded: The Gettysburg Campaign

Posted on July 5, 2019 by Paige Gibbons Backus

By the end of the Gettysburg Campaign into Pennsylvania there were an estimated 64,000 killed, wounded and missing between both the Union and Confederate armies. The struggles and the implications on the medical field from the military campaign will be … Continue reading →

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Christmas in the Hospitals: Bringing Cheer to a Dreary Holidays

Posted on December 14, 2018 by Paige Gibbons Backus

It is never fun to spend the holidays in the hospital and it was no different during the Civil War. Soldiers in pain from battle wounds or suffering from diseases or infections, sometimes exasperated by wartime shortages, made the holiday … Continue reading →

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