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Frederick’s largest Civil War hospital, General Hospital #1, cared for patients throughout the war. Read about how it expanded from two buildings to 38.
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Kyle Dalton concludes the two part series about anesthesia in the Civil War by focusing on the Confederate experience with it.
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Read about the history of anesthesia leading up to and during the Civil War. Rather than biting the bullet, anesthesia was more common than you might think.
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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 the US Christian Commission’s heroic response to the bloodiest day in American history – The Battle of Antieam
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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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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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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.
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