Phantom Pain: North Carolina's Artificial-Limbs Program for Confederate Veterans

by Ansley Herring Wegner

Overview

Amputations constituted roughly 75 percent of all operations performed during the Civil War. This pioneering study examines North Carolina's program to supply and fit its Confederate amputees with artificial arms and legs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780865263147
Publisher:	North Carolina Office of Archives and History
Publication date:	01/01/2004
Pages:	272
Sales rank:	282,957
Product dimensions:	6.75(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Ansley Herring Wegner received her M.A. in Public History from North Carolina State University. She is a research historian in the Research Branch of the North Carolina Office of Archives and History.