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Two points come to my mind:
1. Most social events at reenactments are not as "polite" as they were originally. By that I mean that such niceties and only asking a lady to whom you have been...

Talking about discerning medical officers from other line officers, I read an account of a Union assistant surgeon who was out searching for supplies when he was stopped at a Union guard post. He...

If you need roughly 1 inch thick wood, find a true lumber yard in your area, one that sells hardwood, not the home center selling shelving pine. See if they carry 5/4 pine, which is rough cut at 1...

Next weekend, 3/9-3/10, I'll be participating in a living history at Andersonville. I wanted to know if anyone had sources for information on the medical care at the prison.

I actually got a batch of the Hanks stencils made up and was selling them a while back. A couple of them are still available. You can see them here: http://cdvalbum.shutterfly.com/pictures/68.

Which raises this question for me: It was typical for trappers and explorers in the nineteenth century to make coats out of blankets, especially Hudson's Bay blankets, which were called capotes. ...

I have some. PM me if interested.

Take a look at this:

"The Standard of Living in 1860: American Consumption Levels on the Eve of the Civil War" by Edgar W. Martin.
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It would be a regimental hospital. I have bottles for calomel and blue mass, along with chloroform, laudanum, morphine, and whiskey.

By dirty I mean that water was not clean, drawn from sources...

As the sesquicentennial moves its way into our area (Georgia), I'm getting a lot of requests for medical displays, especially in some of the historic buildings.

My question is: What are some of...

Oops, items 4 and 5.

PM'ed about items and 5.

The Georgia Division, based in the Atlanta area, is looking to expand its staff for the medical unit. We have been asked to set up medical displays at several important events next year, and...

Just PM'ed you about the light tan wool #1.

The look-alikes, along with other info, was posted on this forum a while back. It's based on a Squib Pannier inventory. I copied it off, and turned it into a spreadsheet. Anybody who wants it can...

One thing to think about. You may know this, but someone reading the post might not. While linseed oil in itself is not poisonous, sometimes the painters grades oil has added metallic driers that...

You should go here: wbtsradio.com. It's streaming radio of war era music.

From what I've read, there is no exact equivalent. Some books say ordinance sgt, some say sgt maj, other books say more like today's warrant officer, higher than enlisted but not a commissioned...

I plan to leave Thursday. I need to get some group equipment up there before Friday morning. Could leave any time that day.

Last minute change in plans force me to drive myself to the AOT Shiloh event. Can offer a ride to anyone who can help with some gas money, either the AOT or BGA event. Just PM me for details.

Has anybody seen this, or have any information on it:

CWm30d- Early Ambulance Corps badge

Emailed you about ponco.

Harry,

This is sad news indeed. Keith rode with some of us up to the medical museum in Fredrick, MD during Manassas last year. He was truly a really nice guy and I enjoyed so much meeting him.
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According to what I was told in the Red Cross First Aid course I took, with proper certification you are generally free from legal action for trying to assist an injured person, as long as you...

I tried to insert this above, but it didn't show up. It's a good example:

http://cdvalbum.shutterfly.com/pictures/58#49