Rare! CIVIL War Confederate War-blinded Soldier Memphis Tenn. 1862 CDV Photo

  
CIVIL WAR CONFEDERATE WAR-BLINDED SOLDIER MEMPHIS TENN. CIVIL WAR CONFEDERATE WAR-BLINDED SOLDIER MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE 1862. Thousands of soldiers were "partially blind" or had "vision lost" from specific ocular injuries from hand-to-hand combat, shrapnel and projectile strikes. Thousands more were blinded by a severe inflammatory eye condition doctors at the time called "ophthalmia" (often caused by contagious bacterial infections spreading through filthy camps). While specialized eye hospitals were rare-the Confederacy operated one in Athens, Georgia, in 1864-general field and city hospitals, including those in Memphis, provided care for ocular injuries too.

PHOTOGRAPHER'S IMPRINT ON THE REVERSE. FRONT BORDER LINES IN METALLIC GOLD. SHARP FOCUS WITH VERY FINE CONTRAST. 2 7/16" x 3 15/16".

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