To truly see civil war medicine in all its glory you must look at the faces and the souls of the surgeons. One of the most famous surgeons was Surgeon R.R. McMeens. He was born in Lycoming county Pennsylvania and his father was a prosperous farmer. He showed great interest in medicine and soon joined the Pennsylvania School of Medicine and three years later he had a degree. The reason why he is such …showed first 75 words of 612 total…

…showed last 75 words of 612 total…of patients. The common nurse uniform was a common dress with a nurse's cape. Since nurses were women however they were not seen as real officers. There were 3,200 nurses in the US. The common wage for a nurse is $12 a month plus food. Probably the most important man in the hospital was the hospital steward. He ran the hospital and gave orders. Without him the hospital would be in ruins <Tab/>