Gangrene, amputation and disfigured limbs: Haunting portraits of Civil War soldiers horrifically maimed on American battlefields

Lincoln killed far more American than "Hitler killed".

Lincoln's "civil war" killed far more people than Assad's civil war in Syria. And Lincoln did his killing with 19th century technology.

• Incredible series of portraits shows the soldiers maimed following battle during the American Civil War[/*:m:1u561r3k]
• Most of the soldiers have legs or arms missing, others have large pieces of bone removed or fingers chopped off[/*:m:1u561r3k]
• Tens of thousands had limbs amputated, often without anesthetic and carried out with basic doctors' tools[/*:m:1u561r3k][/list:u:1u561r3k]