EP 115: The Mysterious Civil War Glow

This week on Hashtag History, we will be discussing the mysterious Civil War Glow. This refers to a phenomenon that was spotted during the Civil War - during the Battle of Shiloh of 1862 - in which a number of soldiers were seen with a mysterious glow emanating from their wounds. Although unexplainable by both the soldiers experiencing the glow and by the doctors treating them, it was found that the soldiers whose wounds glowed actually had a better chance at living than those that did not. In fact, many soldiers would refer to this as the “Angel’s Glow” and would thank the mysterious phenomenon for saving their lives.

This mystery would remain as such for nearly a hundred and forty years! Amazingly, the mystery would eventually be very likely solved by a high school student in 2001 as part of a science project that he was conducting for school!

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