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Learn about Mary Ann Shadd Cary, an African American woman who recruited for the Union Army
Read More »Kyle Nappi relates the story of his ancestor who was wounded in the jaw at the Fall of Petersburg.
Read More »Kyle Dalton explores the myth that recruits of the Civil War were only required to have two opposing teeth.
Read More »Kyle Dalton examines the history behind one of the museum’s artifacts–Tilden’s Extract of Cannabis indica
Read More »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.
Read More »Tolson’s Chapel is full of stories of perseverance and triumph, an inspiring beacon of light on the back street in Sharpsburg.
Read More »In part two of this blog post, Kyle Dalton examines the incidents of unanesthetized surgery in the Confederacy
Read More »Research by the Museum’s Kyle Dalton shows that unanesthetized surgery in the Civil War was extremely rare.
Read More »Dr. Guy Hasegawa does a Q&A about his latest book “Matchless Organization: The Confederate Medical Department.”
Read More »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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