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Archive for the ‘After the War’ Category
Ambulance services began during the Civil War and continue today
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Cholera was a deadly disease and New York City was prepared to fight it because of the Civil War
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Learn how the use of opium to treat Civil War soldiers led to many cases of addiction
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Experiments on Joshua L. Chamberlain’s Petersburg wounds led to modern care. Though an uncomfortable and long road, people of the present benefit.
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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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