Examples Of Injuries In The Civil War

Injuries do happen. In the Civil War many fatal injuries have occurred. Roughly 620,000 people died in this war one even died while getting treated for an injury. The most common surgery procedure was an amputation. However due to the poor sanitation of the tools people died after the procedure. Many injuries could have occurred during the Civil War. One injury that happened was a bullet wound to the chest. This particular injury was suffered by General Lewis Armstead. Armstead notice blood using out of his chest. “He sat against something…he looked at his chest and saw blood.”(page 328 The Killer Angels Micheal Shaara). During this time of the Civil War, the only way to treat this wound was to close the chest wound so that the patient did suffocate. That was the only thing they were able to do so the chance of Armistead living was small. General Armstead ended not surviving the wound he took. Most if not all the people who suffered this wound died the day or the day after they got it.
This injury was inflicted on kilrain. “He turned, showed his side. Tear just under the right shoulder”(page 218 The Killer Angels Micheal Shaara). Wound to limbs like arms didn't usually result in death. Most people survived the procedure as well. Doctors used anesthesia which was newly introduced before the war. The likely procedure these patients with these wounds would undergo would be an amputation. This would require an amputation because the bullet that was most commonly used was called a minie ball. The bullets were strong enough to shatter bones. They would cut through the tissue and use a bone saw to cut the bone. Then they would see together the cut