Divided by Conflict. 
Three sites, thousands of stories.
National Museum of Civil War Medicine
Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum
Pry House Field Hospital Museum
Upcoming Programs
Dr. Charles Leale and the Medical Treatment of Abraham Lincoln
Please bring your lunch and enjoy a 30 minute lecture at the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum! Dr. Charles Leale and the Medical Treatment of Abraham Lincoln Surgeon General Joseph Barnes witnessed Abraham Lincoln’s autopsy on April…
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One Vast Hospital – Downtown Frederick Walking Tour
Walk in the footsteps of doctors, nurses, soldiers and civilians who cared for 8,000 wounded soldiers in Downtown Frederick Join NMCWM docents for a walking tour of Downtown Frederick focused on the city’s role as a makeshift hospital…
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A Heart Touched By Fire: Union Nurse Cornelia Hancock’s Civil War
In 1863, Cornelia Hancock, a 23-year-old Quaker girl, wrote “After my only brother and every other male relative and friend that we possessed had gone to War, I deliberately came to the conclusion that I, too, would go…
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Henry Rathbone–The Other Man in the Box
Learn the story of the other man in the Presidential Box when Lincoln was killed.
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Axel Hayford Reed: A Study in Resiliency
Despite an amputation, Axel Reed continued to serve in the Army.
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I Can See Clearly Now: An Examination of Light During the Civil War
One of the most important but often overlooked natural resources of the Civil War was light.
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Struggling to be Heard: Civil War Veterans and Deafness
Not all Civil War veterans had visible disabilities.
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