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James Edward Hanger (February 25, 1843 – June 9, 1919) was a Confederate States Army veteran of the American Civil War, a prosthetist and a businessman. It is reported that he became the first amputee of the war after being struck in the leg by a cannonball. [1]
Her letters remain one of the few surviving primary accounts of female soldiers in the American Civil War. [27] [28] Laura J. Williams was a woman who disguised herself as a man and used the alias Lt. Henry Benford in order to raise and lead a company of Texas Confederates. She and the company participated in the Battle of Shiloh. [29] [30]
Empty Sleeves: Amputation in the Civil War South (University of Georgia Press, 2015). xviii, 257 pp. Rutkow, Ira M. Bleeding Blue and Gray: Civil War Surgery and the Evolution of American Medicine (2005) 394 pp. Schroeder-Lein, Glenna R. The Encyclopedia of Civil War Medicine (2012) a major scholarly compendium. 450pp.
Mary Edwards Walker (November 26, 1832 – February 21, 1919), commonly referred to as Dr. Mary Walker, was an American abolitionist, prohibitionist, prisoner of war in the American Civil War, and surgeon. [1] She is the only woman to receive the Medal of Honor. [2]
"Bonnet Brigades at Fifty: Reflections on Mary Elizabeth Massey and Gender in Civil War History," Civil War History (2015) 61#4 pp 400–444. Cashin, Joan E. "American Women and the American Civil War" Journal of Military History (2017) 81#1 pp 199–204. McDevitt, Theresa. Women and the American Civil War: an annotated bibliography (Praeger ...
Ladies' aid societies or soldiers' aid societies were organizations of women formed during the American Civil War that were dedicated to providing supplies to soldiers on the battlefield and caring for sick and wounded soldiers. Over the course of the war, between 7,000 and 20,000 ladies' aid societies were established. [1]
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union [e] ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.
Amputee, lost right arm in American Civil War: Madison Cawthorn: Republican: North Carolina: U.S. Representative: Lost use of his legs in a car accident in 2014 [22] Max Cleland: Democratic: Georgia: U.S. Senator: Triple amputee, both legs and one arm, due to a grenade blast in the Vietnam War [23] Tony Coelho: Democratic: California: U.S ...