Wounds In The Killer Angels By Shaara

Being part of the Civil War brought many hardships to many soldiers. The men would risk their lives and end up killed or wounded during battle. Do you ever wonder how a wound would be treated during that time? Maybe you have not given much thought to that. For that reason, the following information will help you understand what type of wounds army men received during the Civil War and how those wounds were treated and cared for. However, let me briefly explain some information about the Civil War itself. The Battle of Gettysburg, which was part of The Civil War endured about three days (July 1,1863- July 3, 1863). The Union and the Confederate forces were fighting against each other. It was the one of the bloodiest battles in the Civil War.

Yay! We’re talking books now how exciting. Anyways, the novel contains a lot of events in which a couple of some men get injured. To begin with, the first unfortunate men to be wounded was John Buford. The text says, “ He had been hit once in the left arm and the bleeding had stopped. But the genuine pain was just beginning. They had wrapped the arm and he put his coat back on and he did not show the injury (Shaara 146).” In other words, his gunshot wound was literally treated with a wrapped bandage around his arm. That wouldn’t make a difference at all. Taking the bullet out of the arm and bandaging the wound was pretty much all they could do during the Civil War. But again, it was clear that the doctors or aids did not have the enough knowledge or tools to treat the wound correctly. Soldiers were being bandaged without any anesthetic to calm the pain. Nothing was being used to disinfect the wound or the tools they were using. It was possible that they used tweezers to remove a patient's bullet and then it’d be used again on some other patient to remove their bullet with the previous patient’s blood, pus, and germs. They had to be tough, fight the pain, and suck it up because it wasn’t time to be feeling sick or any pain during the

Due to the lack of good medical care I can guarantee you that many men passed away from not receiving enough or the correct care. Infections were being passed down from patient to patient when doctors would use the same tweezers or saws on all the patients without disinfecting them. Not only that, but patients were also kept in the same room and some contagious viruses would jump on from one patient to the other. We don’t really appreciate the technology we have now and the amazing medical care that doctors provide us with. Although, it is true, they had very poor medical care, but then again, it was during tough times and all the could possibly do is try their