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Upcoming Programs
Dan Sickles at Gettysburg: The Story of the Civil War’s Most Notorious Amputated Leg
Join us for our Saturday Speaker Series with Historian James Hessler and take a fascinating look at myth, lore, and facts surrounding Maj. Gen. Dan Sickles’ Gettysburg wounding and leg amputation. A Confederate solid shot at the Battle…
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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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Greet Greg the Gardener at the Pry House
Meet Greg Susla, the man behind the medicinal herb garden at the Pry House on Tuesdays from 10-2. Every Tuesday from April through October, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Pry House Field Hospital on the…
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Transforming Public Opinion of Hospitals: Nashville’s Military Hospital Complex, 1862-1865
The organization of military care in Nashville helped shift civilian perception of hospitals
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The Long Road Home: How the Civil War Shaped Prosthetic Care for Veterans
The Civil War laid the foundation for modern systems of long-term veteran medical and prosthetic care.
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The Battle Over Ether Anesthesia
Learn about the controversy over who should get credit for the discovery of anesthesia
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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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