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Discover the history behind the historical drama. Join the Museum staff to watch and discuss the latest episode.
Read More »This week’s episode was full of Civil War slang. We’ve put together a list of some of our favorites. What do you think they mean?
Read More »Historian Kathleen Logothetis Thompson explores mental stress, psychological trauma, and suicide among Civil War soldiers.
Read More »Expert blogger Sarah Handley-Cousins discovers the historical reality of ending pregnancies in the 19th century.
Read More »When Dr. Foster diagnosed Tom with irritable heart, did he essentially diagnose him with the Civil War’s equivalent of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)? Not exactly.
Read More »Intrigued by Samuel Digg’s character, our editor asked Dr. Robert G. Slawson, author of Prologue to Change: African Americans in the Civil War Era to write a brief introduction as to what the education and military service of African American physicians would have been like.
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