Injuries and Ailments in the Civil Wars
Civil War Petitions contains details of how the wounded were treated, including the procedures, costs and consequences of such treatments.
Browse the petitions and certificates by those which mention wounds inflicted by shot, blade, burn, exposure/disease, old age or even psychological injuries. Alternatively, browse the petitions and certificates by those which mention wounds to the head, torso, arms, legs, hands or feet. If you wish to browse both by method of injury and injury location, select the method of injury and then refine the results using the injury location options in the search facets.