the faux bohemian

tuesday-johnson:

ca. 1861-1872, [Notice of an address by Rev. Dr. Bellows upon presentation of cheese to the Sanitary Commission]

via the New York Public Library, Civil War Medical Care Collection

I’ll be there.

The Harvest Moon

[New York : Published by Currier & Ives, between 1860 and 1870]

SUMMARY: Reapers gathering bundles of wheat by moonlight; river in the background.

Via Library of Congress

my-ear-trumpet:

liquidnight:

The prevalence of amputation during the Civil War created a need for prosthetic devices. In 1866 more than half of the entire budget for the state of Mississippi was expended on artificial arms and legs. Because demand often outstripped supply, some veterans designed their own mechanical limbs of metal and leather; one of the most famous was Union veteran Sam Decker, who could eat and write relatively easily with the prosthetic arms he and his wife created. Decker was made Doorkeeper of the U.S. house of Representatives after recovering from his injury.

Photographer unknown, circa 1866

From The Face of Mercy - A Photographic History of Medicine at War