1. Why did more soldiers die in the Civil War than World War I, when they didn’t have as advanced technology during the Civil War as they did during the times of World War I?
In the Civil War more US soldiers died because of disease rather than being killed on the battlefield. Both the union and the confederacy held concentration camps, and this is how most men died from diseases. There were also infections from their stays at hospitals. Doctors knew nothing about sterilizing, and cleanliness in this era so they often would use their spit on their tools to clean the blood off. Since medicine was not as advanced as it was in world war 1 it didn't matter that world war had better weapons. Since the US was also fighting against one another this also contributes to the fact that more United states soldiers died in this war. When the war first started, they didn't even have any hospitals which would also cause a rise in comparison to world war ones death count.
2. Did the soldiers fear the doctor or the guns more? Why?
In the Civil War more US soldiers died because of disease rather than being killed on the battlefield. Both the union and the confederacy held concentration camps, and this is how most men died from diseases. There were also infections from their stays at hospitals. Doctors knew nothing about sterilizing, and cleanliness in this era so they often would use their spit on their tools to clean the blood off. Since medicine was not as advanced as it was in world war 1 it didn't matter that world war had better weapons. Since the US was also fighting against one another this also contributes to the fact that more United states soldiers died in this war. When the war first started, they didn't even have any hospitals which would also cause a rise in comparison to world war ones death count.
2. Did the soldiers fear the doctor or the guns more? Why?
The soldiers were more afraid of doctors than guns. During this time physicians were seen as barbarians. Rather than having body parts chopped off on a operation table a death by a bullet on a battlefield would've been much quicker. Most men who legs or arms were amputated also didn't live so this most likely also contributed to the fear.
3. What kind of diseases plagued the camps and how did they treat them?
Dysentry, typhoid,malaria, and pneumonia ran rampant during the civil war. For typhoid they would give the soldiers a medicine called turpentine. They used Quinine as a way to treat malaria. If the soldiers were having any trouble breathing, mustard blastering was used. The physicians also believed that sulphuric acid would attack any intestinal disorder. Nurses around the country promoted cleanliness to avoid such diseases as there were many bugs in these camps.
Dysentry, typhoid,malaria, and pneumonia ran rampant during the civil war. For typhoid they would give the soldiers a medicine called turpentine. They used Quinine as a way to treat malaria. If the soldiers were having any trouble breathing, mustard blastering was used. The physicians also believed that sulphuric acid would attack any intestinal disorder. Nurses around the country promoted cleanliness to avoid such diseases as there were many bugs in these camps.
4. Why were so many Americans during this time surprised by the death tolls that came along with the war?
The citizens were not receiving as much information as they would today. I'm sure the areas of the US that weren't directly in the war would've had trouble understanding just how bad it was on the battlefield. Americans never realized how much of a bloody massacre this war was going to be, and most likely thought there would've been less killing since they were all United states citizens, whether they were from the confederacy or the union. Both sides thought the war was going to come to an end much more quickly. Never did they think that each side would resist one anothers pleas of slavery/anti-slavery.
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