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Disaster at the Allegheny Arsenal

What caused the worst industrial accident in the Civil War?

General John Brown Gordon’s Civil War story is one of incredible survival.

Learn about Dr. Zabdiel Boylston Adams, Civil War surgeon

Learn how the use of opium to treat Civil War soldiers led to many cases of addiction

Learn about Carrie Cutter, the first female nurse to die during the Civil War.

Learn about Surgeon General William Hammond.

Learn about Camp Letterman, the largest military hospital built on the Gettysburg battlefield.

Learn about Mary Ann Shadd Cary, an African American woman who recruited for the Union Army

Learn about the effects of various types of artillery rounds during the Civil War

Kyle Nappi relates the story of his ancestor who was wounded in the jaw at the Fall of Petersburg.