Surgeon's kit
During the Civil War many wounds required the amputation of a limb. This amputation kit was used by Dr. Hugh Caffey, who entered the army as a private in Company G, 44th Alabama Infantry on May 6, 1862. In October 1862 he was commissioned assistant surgeon with the rank of captain and saw service in...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/museum/id/14 |