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
“One Vast Hospital” Book Release and Signing
Author Terry Reimer will give a brief presentation about the revised edition of her popular and important book, “One Vast Hospital: The Civil War Hospital Sites in Frederick, Maryland after Antietam.” A book signing will follow. Books will…
Learn More“Too Brave a Man to Live”: The Life and Death of Eliakim Sherrill, Colonel of the 126th New York
Saturday Speaker Series: David Malgee Join us at the National Museum of Civil War Medicine for our Saturday Speaker Series! Preservationist, collector, and past Interim President and CEO of the Gettysburg Foundation David Malgee will share some of…
Learn MoreSt. Elizabeths Asylum: Civil War Care at the Government Hospital for the Insane
Founded in 1852, St. Elizabeths Hospital was the nation’s first federally-funded psychiatric facility. The “Government Hospital for the Insane” in Washington, D.C., quickly transformed into a trauma center for wounded and convalescing soldiers when the Civil War broke-out…
Learn MoreOliver Wendall Holmes—The Poet Doctor
Oliver Wendall Holmes was not just a doctor–learn about his amazing life
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Quinine: The Civil War’s Miracle Drug
Learn about the use of quinine to treat Civil War soldiers
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“Irish Biddy”— Fact or Fiction?
Learn about the legend of Bridget Divers–Civil War soldier/nurse
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Breaking Free: The Life of Rebecca Lee Crumpler
Learn about the first Black woman to earn a medical degree in the U.S.
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