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 – 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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Monocacy’s Lost Battalions
At the Battle of Monocacy, fought July 9, 1864, Union troops launched a desperate attempt to delay a Confederate advance on Washington, D.C. Throughout the battle, the Federal commanders, Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace and Brig. Gen. James Ricketts,…
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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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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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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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