There is a discussion at the Philosophical Society's website about public nuisances during the Civil War.

To find this doggy, use the dogpile search engine, and type in:

http://philsoc.org/1994Fall/2035minutes.html

Also, there is a veritable plethora of solid information about medicine during the Civil War era. Script it over, ladies.

Most sincerely,
Terri Anne Hastings