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

By Ansley Herring Wegner

Book 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0865263140
• ISBN13: 9780865263147
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: North Carolina Division of Archives & History
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.0" x 10.0"