PTSD

Over A Million Americans

Killed in 1860

PTSD during
CIVIL WAR
Military

Civilians

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Series 1 Series 2 Series 3

Military officers did not understand

how Mental Stress affected them
(PTSD and Shell Shock, 2017).
Families
Causes of the Civil War Suffered Too
There are many causes (Sommerville and Diane, 2019)

To civil war, although Slavery was

`
the main one.

Industry Vs Farming

Many families lived in large cities in

the North, however, southern
counterparts lived in rural areas

(“Invisible Wounds, 2016)

State’s Rights’

Arguments arose over what power

each authority would receive

Expansion

As the United States expanded,

each state pushed into the
southern territory, leading to a rise
of conflicts.

Slavery

Much of the South relied on slaves

for labor, however, the north was
against the move.

Secession

Ascension to power by Abraham

Lincoln led to other southern states
succeeding.

Effects

Loss of Lives

End of Slavery
`
Economics of Civil War

There was a great

deal of wealth before
the Civil War broke
out.
`

References
References

“Invisible Wounds: PTSD, the Civil

War and Those Who ‘Remained
and Suffered.’” WSKG, 13

February 2016,
https://wskg.org/history/invisible-
wounds-ptsd-the-civil-war-and-
those-

who-remained-and-suffered/

“PTSD and Shell Shock.” History, 2

October 2017,

https://www.history.com/topics/inv
entions/history-of-ptsd-and-shell-
shock

Sommerville, Diane. “Post-

Traumatic Stress Disorder and the
American Civil War.” National

Museum of Civil War Medicine, 2

May 2019,
https://www.civilwarmed.org/ptsd/
`