Our world is full of the unexplainable.

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

just waiting for us to explore.

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

In war, a soldier's primary goals are to kill the enemy and stay alive.

During the Civil War, however, that second part wasn't so easy.

Musketballs did immense damage as they tore through flesh, often taking winding routes

and remaining lodged inside the body.

This of course led to infections, which turned into high fevers and eventually death.

Treatment was rudimentary and scarce.

Many people who survived lost limbs to gangrene and penicillin hadn't been discovered yet.

The Civil War saw the birth of an organized ambulance system as a way to safely and quickly

rush injured soldiers to local hospitals.

Trains were also used as mobile medical units, but care itself had not advanced in any meaningful

way.

It wasn't like there was time either, with war raging across the country.

However, some soldiers suffered from gunshot wounds found themselves being healed by

something outside the realm of modern medicine.

It was a phenomenon that had to be seen to be believed.

You might say they had a guardian angel watching over them.

In early April of 1862, over 40,000 Union soldiers had been camped out along the Tennessee

River near the little town of Shiloh.

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