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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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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Faces of Civil War Nurses: A Photo Exhibit
In partnership with Military Images magazine, the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum will be the inaugural host for a new traveling photo exhibit, “Faces of Civil War Nurses.” The exhibit will feature portraits and personal stories of…
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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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Oliver Wendall Holmes—The Poet Doctor
Oliver Wendall Holmes was not just a doctor–learn about his amazing life
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