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.
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Living History: Civil War medical care comes to life at the National Museum of Civil War Medicine
Members of the Blue and Gray Hospital Association will be in the Camp Life Gallery describing the medical history of America’s bloodiest conflict. Dressed as members of the Confederate medical department and armed with period medical equipment, the…
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Grant’s Conscience: The Unique Camaraderie Between Ulysses S. Grant and his Chief of Staff John Rawlins
Join us at the National Museum of Civil War Medicine for our Saturday Speaker Series! NMCWM’s Director of Marketing and Communications Melissa A. Winn will discuss the life of Union General John Rawlins, the prewar origins of his close and unique friendship with General Ulysses S. Grant, and the many ways in which the lives and legacies of these two men were intertwined during the Civil War.
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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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Quinine: The Civil War’s Miracle Drug
Learn about the use of quinine to treat Civil War soldiers
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“Irish Biddy”— Fact or Fiction?
Learn about the legend of Bridget Divers–Civil War soldier/nurse
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