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 – 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.
Learn MoreMembers Only: Shepherdstown Civil War Walking Tour
Join National Museum of Civil War Medicine staff members for a special Members Only walking tour of Downtown Shepherdstown focused on the city’s role as a makeshift hospital in the final months of 1862. The tour is FREE…
Learn MoreWalking Tour: Clara Barton’s Washington, D.C.
Join us as we step back into Civil War Washington, D.C. through the eyes of Clara Barton. On Saturdays at 1 p.m., Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum docents will guide guests through the neighborhood that Clara Barton…
Learn MoreCoffee 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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Oliver Wendall Holmes—The Poet Doctor
Oliver Wendall Holmes was not just a doctor–learn about his amazing life
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