Civil War medicine is a topic that is at once fascinating, horrifying, and surprising. This section of the site provides some general information about medicine during the Civil War period. The material in this section was written by the webmaster.
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Here is a short list of books about medicine during the War Between the States. You may be able to find many of them in your local library.
Adams, George W. Doctors in Blue --Medical History of the Union. Baton Rouge: U. of Louisiana Press, 1952.
Belferman, Mary. "On Surgery's Cutting Edge In Civil War" The Washington Post. June 13, 1996.
Coco, Gregory A. A Strange and Blighted Land --Gettysburg, the Aftermath. Gettysburg, PA, 1995.
Coco, Gregory A. Wasted Valor: The Confederate Dead at Gettysburg. Gettysburg: Thomas Publications, 1996.
Cunningham, H.H. Doctors in Gray. Baton Rouge: University of Lousiana Press, 1958.
Davis, William C. The Civil War Times Photographic History of the Civil War, New York: Black Dog, 1984.
Kuz, Julian E. M.D. and Bradley P. Bengston M.D. Orthopedic Injuries of the Civil War Kennesaw: Kennesaw Mountain Press, 1996.
Official Records of the War of the Rebellion. 138 volumes. Reprint, 1996 Guild Press of Indiana.
Patterson, Gerard A. Debris of Battle: The Wounded at Gettysburg. Mechanicsburg: Stackpole Books, 1997
Schildt, John W. Hunter Holmes McGuire: Doctor in Gray. Chewsville: John Schildt, 1986.
Shaw, Maurice F. Stonewall Jackson's Surgeon: Hunter Holmes McGuire, A Biography. Lynchburg: H.E. Howard, 1993.
Southern Historical Society Papers. 52 volumes. 1876-1959. Reprint, 1998 Guild Press of Indiana
Welsh, Jack D. M.D. Medical Histories of Confederate Generals Kent: Kent State University, 1995.
Welsh, Jack D. M.D. Medical Histories of Union Generals Kent: Kent State University, 1996.