Civil War Images

Relief Workers in Washington D.C.: African-Americans workers standing in front of a supply store, 1865
Medical Instruments: Medical instruments used during Civil War
Civil War - Amputees Recovering
Civil War - Nursing the Wounded
Civil War - Hospital Scene
Civil War - Field Hospital
Civil War - Nurses and Officers of the US Sanitary Commission
Civil War - Amputation Performed in Hospital Tent
Antietam Battlefield: Current view of Antietam Battlefield
Annie Wittenmyer - Iowa Sanitary Agent & Founder of "Special Dietary Kitchens": Annie Wittenmeyer, Iowa Sanitary Agent and U.S. Sanitary Commissioner, who established the system of "special Dietary kitchens" to meet the nutritional needs of sick and wounded soldiers during the Civil War. Ca 1890.
Doctor's Medicine Case: Carried by Civil War doctors
Ladies of the Soldiers Aid Society, Iowa City, 1861: Those who aided soldiers; photo from the Iowa Historical Society Archives