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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.
Read More »Find out how soldiers, civilians, and nurses in the general hostpial at Harpers Ferry survived the 1862 battle.
Read More »Discover how mourning family members turned to poetry to glorify the death of their loved ones and reassure themselves they experienced a meaningful death.
Read More »Read about the 45th Pennsylvania’s first combat of the Civil War at South Mountain written by the unit’s hospital steward James A. Meyers.
Read More »Learn about the debate over the choice to use the Caduceus or the Rod of Asclepius to represent Civil War medicine in the museum’s new logo.
Read More »Learn about Union Civil War Surgeon Benjamin Howard’s life saving innovations in medical care which we still benefit from today.
Read More »Read about Union veterinary surgeon Samuel M. Drew’s daring escape from his Confederate captors in Virginia.
Read More »Read about the challenges of running a university and hosting a large hospital in this blog post about the University of Virginia’s Civil War hospital.
Read More »Discover the ways in which Civil War Americans thought disease traveled by smells and how they worked to stop its spread with good odors.
Read More »The history of an ordinary looking intersection in downtown Frederick highlights some of the most important legacies of the Civil War.
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