Civil War 'Contract' Surgeons.

The article presents the author's personal edited research notes on U.S. Civil War "contract" surgeons and the confusion that surrounds the various types of surgeons who provided services during the country's Civil War. Surgical sets are mentioned, along with many local civilian physicians who served as surgeons during the war and were paid on a daily basis. It states that "contract" surgeons purchased and used their own surgical sets in the field. Medical hospitals are also mentioned.