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I think this photograph is a great example of what combat looked like during the civil war. This shows how the soldiers would have been arranged and the weapons they used.This picture is a great demonstration to what battle was really like for the soldiers on both sides.

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Seeing the people that have been injured during the war would have been gruesome to witness. I would be empathetic to the soldiers because of the pain they went through. Back then it was like you had to hope that you would not get an infection. The medication was not advanced enough at this point and infections had no medication to tame it. Great post.

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My post was also related to the medical aspect of war. It seemed that if the bullets did not kill a solider, the infection they they would get from the wound would. So many amputations had to occur in attempts to save lives. In the letters, where it explained who wrote them, at least one of the soldiers ended up dying as a result of an infection he got. It seems crazy to us these days because we treat infections fairly easily now.

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This is a picture of a doctor performing amputation in Gettysburg, 1863. There were many fatal injuries during the Civil War. Most of the time if someone was shot in a limb, there was a good chance that the person would get infections and they would have to lose their limbs. "Outside of the fort were many skulls lying about; I have often moved them [to] one side out of the path." (Reading the American Past, page 297). There were an abundant of deaths and it must have been a disturbing image to view the battlefield after a battle.

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The stories of these battles are really disturbing. If the men were not killed by weapons, it was by infection. The bloody battles were very hit or miss too. In one of the letters the man writes how they were out numbered 100 to 5000 and they came out victorious. The difference in war tactics to now are astonishing. good post.

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Some of the injuries were terrible.   PTSD was huge in this war when they got into those battles. This was one of the first wars with medical treatment on the battlefield so the mortality rate wasn't as high, but in many cases the only way to treat the injuries was amputation. They didn't have many of the medical procedures that we have now.

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Here we have regimental and corps drums. Photographer is unknown and date is also unknown.  Many of these battles were set up where the soldiers were merely yards from each other.  Sights like this were not very rare and they would set up in lines so that they could fire and then reload while there were other soldiers firing.  These battles lasted a few hours and were normally bloodbaths.  Many of these soldiers had extreme PTSD and other mental problems once the battles and war was over.

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Ulysses S. Grant in June of 1864.
This is Grant standing by a tree outside of a war tent. This image shows how the soldiers live/camped during the war. There isn't much around other than a chair and a tent to sleep in. In the letters from civil war soldiers, some of the soldiers talk about living in these camps. Saying the days are warm, the nights were cold, but they had plenty of blankets to keep them covered and warm enough

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This image shows wounded soldiers being treated in the field after the battle of Chancellorsville on May 2, 1863. The photographer is unknown. I believe that this image is showing the harsh realities of War. Men lay wounded all around a field and there are not enough people or adequate resources to treat them. They lived very difficult lives. In the primary document, one soldier details his experience in this situation, he had to be up all night to guard the wounded.  "It was the saddest thing I ever saw to hear the moans of the wounded and dying. I saw the surgeons operating on them, it made me shed tears to see how they suffered, it was a distressing sight to see them." This shows how even when soldiers weren't physically  hurt, they suffered immense amounts of emotional turmoil from being in the war.

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1)The men in this image are wounded soldiers in the field. I would guess this is considered their medical unit for the time period out in the battlefield.

2)This image depicts men that look to be already "taken care of." You have Bobby-Jean up front missing an arm and Earl on the stretcher wondering where he left his leg. With the lack of anesthetics most of these men would  be undergoing shock, and could die from it, if infection didn't get them first.

3) This relates to their lives because everything was more difficult back then, they were taught to rub some dirt in it, and hope it didn't need amputated. Both armies used barbaric weapon (compared to today) that shot a ball of lead, and cannons bowling down people like in the Patriot (Mel Gibson), so there was very little that could be done to mend large wounds.

4)  Joseph Milton Elkins had this to say in his letter to his wife, "I saw the surgeons operating on them, it made me shed tears to see how they suffered,

some had to have both of their arms cut off and some their legs." This was an actually medical tent, but still the same things occurred on the battlefield.

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After watching lecture part 1, reading Document 15-4 and the Civil War soldier’s letters, make TWO posts:

ONE: Choose a photograph of Civil War soldiers from the following archive and create a Padlet post that includes:

-         Archive: https://www.archives.gov/research/military/civil-war/photos

-         A screenshot of your chosen image

-         Who is shown and when the image was taken (if that information is provided)

-         What you believe is happening in the image

-         How this image relates to what we have learned about the lives of Civil War soldiers

-         Tie your post to at least one specific piece of evidence from the primary documents or lecture

(Each image may be used by only one group member)

TWO: Make a substantive reply to another group member’s post. You may agree, disagree or expand on what they say. Like all posts, however, remember to tie it directly to evidence from the documents.

Be sure to put your name in the title of both of your posts!

You are by no means limited to JUST these posts. The more we interact in our groups the more we will all take away from the class. The more conversation the better!

All posts must be completed by Midnight on Sunday.