Medical aspects of the Confederacy (1861--1865).

In military philosophy injured soldiers are a greater liability to the opposition than dead men, and there was no greater example of this than during the War Between the States. The state of the art of Southern medicine in the 1860s, as well as the military circumstances and politics of the day are discussed to discern the effectiveness of the medical care provided. Useful medicomilitary procedures, as well as an increase in medical knowledge, did emerge from this struggle and deserve acknowledgment.