Medical Treatment in the Civil War

Civil War medicine was a mixture of science, experience and experiment. Although severely ignorant (and often dangerous) by modern medical standards, many Civil War physicians were nevertheless intelligent, hard-working, dedicated men, who did their best to alleviate the incredible suffering brought on by wartime conditions in camp and on the battlefield.

With music, contemporary accounts, slides, and first-person living history demonstrations, Civil War Medical Historian Fred Schaefer will present a brief study of this important part of the Civil War and the Civil War soldier’s experience.