A guide to support History 226, The Civil War. This course examines the social, political, economic, and ideological forces that led to the Civil War and Reconstruction. Topics include regional conflicts and sectionalism, dissolution of the Union, militar
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The sectionalism of the Civil War did not affect the broad views of manhood, although competing ideologies of manhood existed in the South and in the West. The increasing role of women, overlooked historically for years, the burgeoning middle class, and the evolving role of men all contributed to the development of Victorian-era manhood.
Concepts such as honor, duty, and male independence, as well as a connection to the Revolutionary forefathers, permeated among northern and southern white males.
First is the 55th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment; next the practice of medicine in the Civil War armies; and, finally, the career of a noted scientist, Burt Green Wilder. Despite the often-repeated fact that more Civil War soldiers died of disease than in battle, the subject of medical treatment, less glamorous than battles and strategy, has been relatively overlooked.
During the U.S. Civil War surgeons performed a vast number of surgeries. Whether surgery increased wounded soldiers’ chances of survival has been debated ever since.
The advent of general inhalation anesthesia, in the form of ether (1846) or chloroform (1847), revolutionized medicine for surgeons and patients. Its efficacy in wartime was quickly tested in the Civil War, establishing that painless surgery on the battlefield might be possible.
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The Civil War was the greatest health disaster the United States has ever experienced, killing more than a million Americans and leaving many others invalided or grieving. Poorly prepared to care for wounded and sick soldiers as the war began, Union and Confederate governments scrambled to provide doctoring and nursing, supplies, and shelter for those felled by warfare or disease.
The story of Civil War medicine--the staggering challenge of treating wounds and disease on both sides of the conflict--is one of the most compelling aspects of the war. Written for general readers and scholars alike, this first-of-its kind encyclopedia will help all Civil War enthusiasts to better understand this amazing medical saga.
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