[central_va]

wounded limbs were being amputated by saws sans anesthetic.

Kind of a myth. Neither side ran out of ether except in the rarest of cases, mostly in the western theater. Same with morphine, the south had imported plenty of the stuff. . Even the South had a lot of both on hand in the last days.

[Hulka]

Still. . .having a limb sawed off with no reliable post-operative care and INFECTION control, and limited pain management, that would drive a man insane.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Thanks for the correction.