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Podcast: History Unplugged Podcast
Episode: How Civil War Vets Continued Living Despite Being Double, Triple, or Even Quadruple Amputees
Description: The Civil War wrought horrible devastation on its soldiers: Nearly 500,000 were wounded by bullets, shrapnel or sabers and bayonets. Medicine was still primited, and often a doctor could do little more than amputee an injured limb. As a result, thousands of veterans were left missing one to four limbs, yet still needed to attempt providing for their families despite few job prospects and even fewer resources available to the disable3d. In this episode we will look at profiles of seven veterans―six soldiers and one physician―and how they coped with their changed bodies in their post...