Editor’s Note: This essay series is written by Mercy Street's medical, historical and technical advisor, Stanley B. Burns, MD of The Burns Archive. At the time of the Civil War, as a result of lax ...

No, wounded Civil War soldiers weren’t awake and they didn’t bite bullets as they endured surgery, says Clarence R. Hickey Jr. Hickey, an interpretive docent and re-enactor with the Montgomery County ...

95% of Civil War surgeries were done with anesthesia. Chloroform was prefered because smaller amounts were needed and induction was much faster. That said, chloroform is more likely to result in ...

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JANESVILLE – “There are few citizens of Janesville that would be more generally missed,” Colonel J.A. Watrous, a Civil War veteran, wrote in the June 22, 1895 Janesville Gazette, reflecting on the ...

For women trying to break new ground in the 19th century, change didn’t come easily. The life of Dr. Mary Walker is a perfect example. “She was one of the first woman doctors in the country, she was a ...

Town of Oswego native Dr. Mary Walker, a Civil War era surgeon who was once captured by Confederate troops will be honored by the United States Mint with a quarter featuring her image. The public is ...

July 1 marked 150 years since the beginning of the Battle of Gettysburg, a crucial victory for the Union and a turning point in the Civil War. But it came at an enormous cost to both sides — thousands ...