The Killer Angels Chapter Summaries

Feces and Morphine “War means fighting, and fighting means killing,” said Nathan Bedford Forrest. The Civil War, a time of death, despair, and a lot of medical practice. In the book The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara, it talks about the Civil War and it talks about many injuries in the Civil War. Some of the people in the who got hurt or were in need of medical attention were Dick Garnett, Stonewall Jackson, and John Henry. They all had something go wrong with them, either internally or externally. They all fought in the war from being a confederate commander to being a runaway slave. Some live and some die while others watch. The first of the three, Dick Garnett, a United States Army officer and Confederate general in the civil war. Dick suffered from a disease called Old Soldier’s Disease. Not to be mistaken with soldier’s disease which is a …show more content…
John hit in the chest by a bullet. The way they treated his injury was they cut him open and then pulled the bullet out. On the other hand, the surgeries they would perform would cause more problems because of the instruments they used. Doctors and no concept of germs and they would use the same instruments for different patients. Due to their lack of knowledge this would cause infection and many were killed because of infection. The way they would treat the infection was by bloodletting and according to wikipedia.com bloodletting is, “the withdrawal of blood from a patient to cure or prevent illness and disease. John Henry later passed from a stroke according to ibiblio.org. The Killer Angels is a very interesting book about the Civil War and the people who fought it. It was during a time where many lacked knowledge of cleanliness and many other medical practices. Many lost their lives in this war for the freedom of others. Many lost their lives because of bad doctors. Some would think that it’s all doctor’s faults but think about it, is it