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National Museum of Civil War Medicine

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In Much Need of Service: The Hospitals of First Manassas
July 27 @ 7:00 pm
National Museum of Civil War Medicine

The Battle of First Manassas reveal how unprepared both armies were to handle the wounded. Paige Gibbons Backus tells the story.

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On the Homefront
On the Homefront at the Pry House
July 29 @ 11:30 am
Pry House Field Hospital Museum

Visit the Pry House Field Hospital Museum on June 4 and learn more about the Civil War experience of the Pry family. This free talk will begin at 11:30 AM.

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Clara Barton
Clara Barton’s Mission of Mercy – Downtown Frederick Walking Tour
August 5 @ 3:00 pm
Downtown Frederick

The National Museum of Civil War Medicine and Mission of Mercy are partnering to bring visitors on an immersive walking tour of historic Downtown Frederick.

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Clara Jones worked aboard the pictured hospital steamer, the State of Maine, in August of 1862. Courtesy of the National Archives
Summer Vacation: Clara Jones and Her Full-Time Hospital Work

Schoolteacher Clara Jones engaged in full time hospital work in the summer of 1862.

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John Brooks
“Hospital Transports” – Saving the Wounded on the Virginia Peninsula

Frederick Law Olmsted’s memoir “Hospital Transports” describes the efforts of the United States Sanitary Commission during the Peninsula Campaign in 1862.

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