Folk medicine played an important role within the Civil War. Both Confederate and Union soldiers used folk medicine though out the Civil War, however, it was not only used on the battlefield. In addition to using folk medicine on the war front, it was used at home by housewives, slaves, and civilians. Orally sharing medical facts and discoveries was important to all social and economic statues of the local people. Folk remedies where for the most part, easy to obtain, they were either in their own backyard, or could be imported. Herbal remedies are not all that is to be considered folk medicine, this could also include phlebotomy and the combination of prayers and other superstitious practices.
