Broken Lives and Shattered Bones with Supt. Brandon Bies

Discovering a Field Hospital at Manassas Battlefield. Amid the stink of blood, the moans of wounded, and the detritus of battle, a Civil War battlefield surgeon, sawed through the shattered remnant of a Soldier’s leg. As he tossed the removed appendage into the nearby pit of other discarded limbs, another victim of the Battle of Second Manassas was placed on his grizzly operating table. On Wednesday, October 16, 2019, at 7:15 PM, the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, hosted Superintendent Brandon Bies of the Manassas National Battlefield Park to present a talk entitled “Broken Lives and Shattered Bones: Discovering a Field Hospital at Manassas Battlefield.” Brandon Bies discussed the 2015 excavation of a Civil War “Limb Pit” discovered on the grounds of the Second Battle of Bull Run. The archaeological find sheds new light on how battlefield surgery took place during the American Civil War.

[@phildyrtt6433]

We thank you, Sir, for your rewarding presentation. While offering us considerable intellectual challenge as expected -- your delivery of the subject itself provided intense emotional stimulation bordering on the metaphysical. One also reflects on the trauma injuries suffered by these soldiers' caregivers. A triage decision must have impacted the entire future mental health of the ,,triageur". A terrific experience, this lecture. ¡gracias!

[@JustMe00257]

Deserves higher resolution and sound quality for an otherwise historically important subject.

[@stephaniewilson3955]

What? No ground-penetrating radar to check the site?