1. Doctors at the time did not know about germs and how they spread. Civil War Medicine | Civil War Trust
2. Doctors were not properly educated especially if they were on the Confederate sidehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicine_in_the_American_Civil_War
3. The medics did not have antibiotics and to prevent the spread of infection they just cut the part off of the body Medicine in the American Civil War - Wikipedia
4. Medicine in the Civil war seemed very primitive because they did not have antibiotics and clean medical practices. This lead to very bad surgery and doctors who indirectly killed their patients with infections without even knowing the cause of death.
5. two thirds of the soldiers who died did not die from enemy fire but from disease. Civil War Medicine | Civil War Trust
6. poorly sanitized medic tents lead to pneumonia typhoid fever dysentery mumps measles and tuberculosis. Civil War Medicine | Civil War Trust
