In an attempt to manage the unprecedented number of sick and wounded, the Confederacy established a Medical Department. Surgeons were commissioned to serve in military hospitals and with individual units. They were assisted by nurses, stewards, matrons, and other medical personnel.
The Library's collections contain a variety of records that pertain to this system, including the papers of surgeons and other medical personnel, hospital registers, personal papers of soldiers who were hospitalized or of their family and friends, and unit records that include medical information for individual soldiers.
