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
Greet the Gardener at the Pry House Medicinal Herb Garden
Meet Greg Susla, the man behind the medicinal herb garden at the Pry House on Tuesdays from 10-2. On Tuesdays from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. from April 15 through October 28 at the Pry House Field Hospital Museum, visitors will have…
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One Vast Hospital – Civil War Walking Tour in Downtown Frederick
Join NMCWM docents for a walking tour of Downtown Frederick focused on the city’s role as a makeshift hospital in the final months of 1862.
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Visit the Pry House Field Hospital Barn
The Pry House Field Hospital Museum tells the story of a home that became a hospital during the Battle of Antietam. Visit the Pry Barn (Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.) to see our replica Civil War…
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Coffee and Comradery in the Civil War—The Union
Coffee was one of the most essential food items for Union soldiers.
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Coffee and Comradery in the Civil War—The Confederates
Coffee became a ritual that Civil War soldiers looked forward to–Part I gives the Confederate perspective
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The Curious Case of Morris W. Morris
Morris had ties to the Confederacy, the Union, an acting dynasty, and medicine
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Hardtack and Culinary Ingenuity
Learn how Civil War soldiers devised ingenious ways of making hardtack edible
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