1861–1865 civil war in the United States between the North and the South over the enslavement of African-Americans

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New York State Soldiers' Depot, New York City: the hospital. Colour lithograph, 1864.

Return of wounded Confederate prisoners, under a flag of truce, during the American Civil War. Wood engraving.

My story of the war : a woman's narrative of four years personal experience as nurse in the Union army, and in relief work at home, in hospitals, camps, and at the front, during the war of the rebellion / [Mary Ashton Livermore].

New York State Soldiers' Depot, New York City: wash and bath room. Colour lithograph, 1864.

The medical and surgical history of the war of the rebellion, (1861-65) / Prepared, in accordance with the acts of Congress, under the direction of Surgeon General, Joseph K. Barnes, United States Army.

American Civil War: officers saluting the wounded being brought in after the battle of Lewinsville, Virginia, 1861. Wood engraving by F. Skill.

Certificate : to be given to volunteers at the time of their discharge to enable them to receive their pay, &c.

A large cannon pushed forwards by Furies crushes American soldiers under its wheels; representing the American Civil War. Wood engraving after J. Tenniel, 1864.

American Civil War: the free and slave states, and of the unsettled territory. Wood engraving, 1856.

Gentle Annie : the true story of a Civil War nurse / Mary Francis Shura.

Civil War prisons : a study in war psychology / William Best Hesseltine ; foreword by William Blair.

Extracts from the reports of the Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Navy Department, for 1863 and 1864.

Report of a committee appointed by the Sanitary Commission to prepare a paper on the value of vaccination in armies.

Bleeding Blue and Gray : Civil War surgery and the evolution of American medicine / Ira M. Rutkow.

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American Civil War

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Images referencing American Civil War

Works from the collections

Gentle Annie : the true story of a Civil War nurse / Mary Francis Shura.

Civil War prisons : a study in war psychology / William Best Hesseltine ; foreword by William Blair.

Extracts from the reports of the Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Navy Department, for 1863 and 1864.

Report of a committee appointed by the Sanitary Commission to prepare a paper on the value of vaccination in armies.

Bleeding Blue and Gray : Civil War surgery and the evolution of American medicine / Ira M. Rutkow.

American Civil War

Images from the collections

Images referencing American Civil War

Works from the collections

Gentle Annie : the true story of a Civil War nurse / Mary Francis Shura.

Civil War prisons : a study in war psychology / William Best Hesseltine ; foreword by William Blair.

Extracts from the reports of the Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Navy Department, for 1863 and 1864.

Report of a committee appointed by the Sanitary Commission to prepare a paper on the value of vaccination in armies.

Bleeding Blue and Gray : Civil War surgery and the evolution of American medicine / Ira M. Rutkow.

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