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
On Tour with the National Museum of Civil War Medicine at Harpers Ferry
Get ready to go “On Tour” with the National Museum of Civil War Medicine as they virtually take viewers to sites of medical importance at Harpers Ferry.
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One Vast Hospital – Civil War Walking Tour in Downtown Frederick
Walk in the footsteps of doctors, nurses, and civilians who cared for 8,000 wounded soldiers in Downtown Frederick with Museum docents
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One Vast Hospital – Civil War Walking Tour in Downtown Frederick
Walk in the footsteps of doctors, nurses, and civilians who cared for 8,000 wounded soldiers in Downtown Frederick with Museum docents
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Senna – A Sensational Laxative and Purgative
Discover how senna was used as a remedy during the Civil War era. It served as a more gentle laxative and purgative for Civil War soldiers.
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Civil War Medicinal Herb Garden – How Mint Was Used As A Remedy
Discover how mint was used as a remedy during the Civil War era. From its leaves, its oil, and the tinctures and lozenges they made, mint is a helpful plant.
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!["[Surgeon Heichhold, 8th United States Colored Infantry] was particular in collecting the colored troops who were wounded, and placed them in his ambulances and pushed on for a place of safety. Some one thought the white troops should be brought away also; but Dr. H. said: 'I know what will become of the white troops who fall into the enemy's possession, but I am not certain as to the fate of the colored troops.'"
Source:
Letter from Sgt. Rufus S. Johns of the 8th U.S. Colored Troops to The Christian Recorder, quoted in "A Grand Army of Black Men: Letters from African-American Soldiers in the Union Army 1861-1865," New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992, page 42.
Image credit:
Detail from "The war in Tennessee--Confederate massacre of federal troops after the surrender at Fort Pillow, April 12th, 1864," New York Public Library.
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