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What treatment did injured soldiers receive?
Antibiotics were not available during the Civil War. This meant that deep bullet wounds and other injuries often led to amputation to prevent death.
Did World War 1 soldiers receive medals after World War 1 or during?
During and after
How was medical treatment during the Civil War?
During the American Civil War , medical treatment was crude where amputations were done without the benefit of anesthesia and there were more who died from disease than through warfare .
What was army life like for soldiers during the US Civil War?
It was intense during fighting, and medical treatment for many wounds were comparatively primitive. Diseases often spread throughout the camps because of unsanitary practices. During extended campaigns, food shortages frequently occurred and required foraging of crops and livestock from private farms.
What things often happened to wounded soldiers during the Civil War?
They were very likely to die, as medical supplies were virtually non-existent.
