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Learn how Maryland veterans from both sides dealt with their wartime experineces (from wounds to finding new work) after returning home.
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Read about the conclusion of the USS Red Rover’s hospital ship service as well as the diverse crew members that cared for the wounded throughout the war.
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Read about the extensive service on the Mississippi River of one of the most famous hospital ships of the Civil War – the USS Red Rover.
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Read about medical care after the Battle of the Wilderness where medical personnel had to contend with fires and dense underbrush.
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Read about the US Christian Commission’s heroic response to the bloodiest day in American history – The Battle of Antieam
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20th century writer F. Scott Fitzgerald was a Civil War buff. Discover what his short stories reveal about Civil War dentistry.
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Read about one of the most famous examples of quarantine in the Civil War. The 20th Maine was kept out of Chancellorsville due to smallpox.
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Discover the incredible parallels between the institution of triage during the Civil War and its modern equivalent.
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The home front could be deadly at times. Read about the tragic story of an ammunition factory explosion on Brown’s Island in Richmond.
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Find out how soldiers, civilians, and nurses in the general hostpial at Harpers Ferry survived the 1862 battle.
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