Civil War Talk

When: Back to Calendar April 13, 2013 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Where: National Museum of Civil War Medicine, Delaplaine–Randall Conference Room
48 East Patrick Street Frederick
MD 21701
Cost: Free with General Admission and Free for Museum Members
Contact: Adele Air, Director of Education
301-695-1864, Ext. 17.
education@civilwarmed.org

African American Men and Women in Medicine during the Civil War 

Presented by Robert Slawson, M.D

Dr. Slawson, author of Prologue to Change: African Americans in Medicine in the Civil War Era, will share his fascinating stories of African American men and women who practiced medicine during the American Civil War, including research on the graduates of medical schools and the African American men commissioned as Civil War medical officers.