Medical Cases

All of the medical and surgical cases included in Civil War Washington were extracted from The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion (1861–1865). The Office of the Surgeon General produced this multi-part, multi-volume effort between 1870 and 1888 using the reports submitted by the army's medical officers during, and immediately following, the war. Read More...

This section contains graphic descriptions and images of war injuries. Users are advised that they may find some of this material disturbing.