Civil War surgeons learned ... It took Jonathan Letterman, the medical director of the Army of the Potomac, just six weeks to implement a brilliant system to evacuate and care for the wounded ...

These better trained physicians often headed medical schools, and in the Civil War were in the Sanitary Commission and Surgeon General’s office. Most doctors practicing medicine did not have the ...

Courtesy: Library of Congress From 1861 to 1865, the Civil War ravaged America ... largely due to discriminatory medical care 200 — Number of African American soldiers massacred following ...

Women veterans from the Civil War, World War II ... with emotion," said Bette Horstman, a World War II Army veteran who served as a medical officer on Midway Island and other parts of the Pacific ...

Soon after returning to office in January 2025, President Donald Trump issued a series of sweeping executive orders targeting the rights, speech, and health care ... care altogether. In February 2025, ...