Quote Originally Posted by cajunscot View Post
I still do a fair amount of living history with the US National Park Service; I am a seasonal ranger at Wilson's Creek National Battlefield. One of the programs I developed was a medical program.
Todd,
ACW battlefield medicine was all new to me in 2005. In about a year, I had developed a program for Fort Duffield in West Point, KY. However, mostly what I do now is, travel to historical sites/battlefields, group lectures, etc.

I first "got into" the hobby in 1989, portraying a Confederate Infantryman. In 2005, I found out that my GGG Grandfather served as a Confederate Surgeon with the 4th Georgia Infantry. So I thought, it would be interesting to study that aspect of the War and, try to grasp what he may have faced as a Surgeon.

Although, it is an expensive hobby (as you know). There is one capital surgical kit that I REALLY want but, the wife laughed when I talked to her about it. My response was: "its only $18,000 . . what's wrong with that, its just money". Of course, she didn't find it as amusing as myself :mrgreen:. Now mind you, that was an original kit. There is a reproduction for about $1,900. And yes, she laughed at that also .

Although, 90% of what I do in my impression is because of her. She has encouraged me to pursue my passion of teaching history, more specifically . . battlefield medicine of the American Civil War.

We should chat some time, about ACW medical stuff .