Minie balls or bullets made of soft lead caused great damage to tissue and bones, and resulting wounds usually became infected. Often the only way to save a soldier's life was to amputate the limb.
Civil War Bullet RemoversVery few physicians had any surgical training at the beginning of the civil war. The Union had only 30 surgeons and 83 assistant surgeons, and when the war started, 3 surgeons and 21 assistants resigned to join the.
Essence Of Coffee In The Civil War- That’s Right, Not Coffee But The Essence Of It! Two preservation experiments from the Civil War: condensed milk and essence of coffee. Condensed milk was milk that.
