Medical treatment on the battlefield was not very advanced but effective. Doctors performed many amputations and provided the supplies soldiers needed to heal.

The medical advances made during the civil war were the life-saving amputation, the anesthesia inhaler, the ability to close chest wounds, the ambulance system and facial reconstruction.

The injuries and wounds soldiers had to endure included, infections, amputations without pain-killers, gun shot wounds and wounds from cannonballs that landed nearby them.

The chances of becoming a civil war time casualty was very high. Approximately 620,000 men died during the war, in combat or through diseases.

Hospitals during the civil war had many inexperienced doctors and nurses. The hospitals were also very unsanitary as were the ways in which the doctors operated. Also, the hospitals were very busy due to the influx of soldiers that came wounded or injured.

Though not highly educated nor experienced, yes, there were nurses and doctors during the civil war. Some were located at hospitals and others directly by the battlefield.

Hospitals were often located in tents nearby battlefields. The tents were ventilated, and not very sanitary or spacious.

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