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Opium Eaters and the Civil War

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.

Kyle Dalton explores the myth that recruits of the Civil War were only required to have two opposing teeth.

Kyle Dalton examines the history behind one of the museum’s artifacts–Tilden’s Extract of Cannabis indica

The U.S. Signal Corps was founded in the Civil War. Learn how it developed and how it is still in use in today’s Army.