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www.archives.gov/calendar/Know-Your-Records The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is the nation's record keeper. Of all the documents and materials created in the course of business conducted by the United States Federal

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The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is the nation's record keeper. Of all the documents and materials created in the course of business conducted by the United States Federal government, only 1%–3% are determined permanently

  • valuable. Those valuable records are preserved and are

available to you, whether you want to see if they contain clues about your family’s history, need to prove a veteran’s military service, or are researching an historical topic that interests you.

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THE KNOW YOUR RECORDS PROGRAM consists of free events with up-to-date information about our holdings. Events offer opportunities for you to learn about the National Archives’ records through ongoing lectures, monthly genealogy programs, and the annual genealogy fair. Additional resources include an online genealogy tutorial, reference reports for genealogical research, and the newsletter Researcher News.

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Rebecca Sharp

Archives Specialist Rebecca Sharp will discuss The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion, 1861–1865. This published source contains information about Civil War medical and surgical procedures as well as case studies.

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Rebecca Sharp

Archives Specialist National Archives Washington, DC

Rebecca Sharp is an Archives Specialist in the ​National Archives Reference Section, Textual Records Division, in Washington,

  • DC. She specializes in Federal records of

genealogical interest ​ as well as Civilian Records​. She graduated with departmental honors in History from McDaniel College (established as Western Maryland College).

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Rebecca Sharp National Archives and Records Administration

Medicine on the Civil War Battlefield

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Mathew Brady Photograph – In the trenches before Petersburg, Va.

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Ailments & Diseases

  • army itch
  • asthma
  • bronchitis
  • cardiac disease
  • conjunctivitis
  • constipation
  • consumption
  • diarrhea
  • diphtheria
  • dysentery
  • malaria
  • measles
  • parasites
  • pleurisy
  • pneumonia
  • scarlet fever
  • scurvy
  • smallpox
  • tetanus
  • tonsillitis
  • typhoid fever
  • typhus fever
  • venereal disease
  • yellow fever
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Injuries

  • abdominal wounds
  • accidental
  • aneurisms
  • bayonet wounds
  • chest wounds
  • contusions
  • facial wounds
  • fractures
  • frostbite
  • gunshot wounds
  • head wounds
  • injuries of the lower extremities
  • joint injuries
  • neck injuries
  • paralysis
  • puncture wounds
  • sabre wounds
  • spinal injuries
  • sprains
  • struck by lightening
  • sunstroke
  • wounds of the heart
  • wounds caused by large

projectiles

Mathew Brady photograph – Artillery Park

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Surgical Procedures

  • amputations
  • ball extractions
  • blood-letting
  • ligations
  • plastic operations
  • removal of foreign bodies

(buttons, clothing, wire)

  • tracheotomy
  • trephining
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Medical Supplies

  • alcohol
  • ammonia salt
  • calomel
  • cathartics
  • dover’s powder
  • laudanum
  • iodide of potassium
  • morphia
  • milk punch
  • opium
  • quinine
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Mathew Brady Photograph – Wounded soldiers under trees, Marye’s Heights, Fredericksburg. After the battle of Spotsylvania

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Mathew Brady Photograph – Ambulance of 6th Corps

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Mathew Brady Photograph – Quarters of the United States Sanitary Commission

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Mathew Brady Photograph – U.S. Military R.R., City Point, Va. Field Hospital

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Richmond, Virginia, 1865 Records of the Office of the Chief of Engineers (RG 77)

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Chimborazo Hospital, (Confederate) Richmond, Va. May 1865 – Library of Congress

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Amputation being performed in a hospital tent, Gettysburg– Records of the National Park Service (RG 79)

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Carded Medical Files

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Compiled Military Service Records

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Pension Records

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Mathew Brady Photograph – National Cemetery

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QUESTIONS

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Thank you for attending!